Many people are confused by the fact that the language spoken in the USA is called English even though its proud citizens have been free from the heavy hand of English colonialism for more than two centuries.
The explanation is simply this: The language spoken in America is more akin to proper English than that spoken in the British Isles. In fact, I have been to England several times and can assure you that their way of talking has very little similarity to what for centuries has been considered “the Queen’s English.” When Quakers and other good Christians escaped from England they brought with them the original language and it has been preserved without corruption to this day. In Britain on the other hand, the language has sort of eroded. They talk funny and I think the cause is their awful chocolate.
There are so many examples of corrupted English that I scarcely dare list them for fear of embarrassing the nice people in Britain. I won’t mention misspellings like “colour,” mispronunciations like “al-u-minium” and bad grammar like “England ease past Zimbabwe.”
As Americans and good Christians we must be understanding with the British. Don’t laugh at their funny way of talking or try to correct them when they say things like ”from A to Zed.” Despite my mother being born in England she has escaped almost all the ill effects with the exception of confusing Brussels sprouts and Yorkshire pudding with food.
The English are blind to their faults and I think we should humor them. In fact, we should listen to the BBC from time to time and try to develop an appreciation of their way of saying things.
There is a difference between Southern accents as well. I speak with a Southern accent (Georgian) but that doesn’t mean that I am an idiot, OR that I am lacking teeth. You people need to stop making assumptions about people you don’t even know.
P.S. Most of you Yankee idiots don’t even know how to say IDEA or CAR instead of IDEAR or CAH.
Portuguese is quite closer to the original Latin language than Castilian is, so, if anything, Castilian would be corrupted Portuguese.
It isn’t, because both affirmations are just plain nonsense, generated by an innocent lack of knowledge about these languages.
Nonsense! How dare you insinuate that our careful linguistic observations are nonsense. And I can tell by your accent that you don’t speak proper English like those of us speaking the Northwest Pacifica Central Willamette Valley (West of I-5) reference dialect of English.
How dare this James Valley impugn my mastery of Spanish, which is my Mother Tongue, and of Latin, which I have studied since age 13! I will overlook his unfortunate comment, even as I suggest that he acquaint himself with the Facts concerning the superiority of Castillian Spanish over both Latin and Portuguese.
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Alas, the BBC has gone multicultural. Instead of a Public School Accent dominating, one can now hear Scottish, Central Canadian, Nigerian, and regional English accents.
Apparently it is no longer necessary to hold one’s nose while reading the news from London.