Jack & Naree wrote:
On 19/09/05, Mike Kuklinski admin@kuattech.com wrote:
On 18/09/05, Jack & Naree jack.macdaddy@gmail.com wrote:
Americans seem to want to believe that they speak English, and we speak British English in England (meaning Britain!). They are wrong. They speak a dialect of our language, called American-English, an offshoot from the main trunk if you will, which has evolved somewhat independently of English. American-English is an out and out dialect of English. How can English English be a dialect of English?
I presume you are referring to the dialect of the ruling classes.
(NB, I'm basing my definition on the written word not the regional spoken dialects of England).
That does narrow your outlook.
if you want
proper English, look to Shakespearean early Modern English.
Incorrect, if you want proper English, go to England; that is where the English language is spoken by the English people, of England.
Which part of England?