Re: fabrication ... American english vs English english

On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:24:42 +1000, Daniel70
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 23/06/2026 10:17 am, KenitoBenito wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:51:41 +1000, Daniel70
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>>>>> What about English English or British English? What is a "chip"?
>>>>
>>>> What's this "American English" rubbish?  American is what many people
>>>> speak in America; it has a passing resemblance to English but is largely
>>>> misunderstood by English-speaking people. See the example above where a
>>>> chip in American is a crisp in English, and chips in Britain are "French
>>>> Fries" or something similar in American.
>>>>
>>>> English is what must people speak in Great Britain, with a variety of
>>>> regional accents; and some totally distinct languages like Welsh or Gaelic
>>>
>>> My Scottish Brother-in-Law might disagree with that. ;-p
>> 
>>       A fair number in Scotland can, and surely do, speak Scots.
>
>I can't say I've ever heard my Brother-in-Law (who has lived here in 
>Australia for almost 40 years) speak Scottish!! Well, a couple of words 
>now and again (his 'party trick'!!), but not a real conversational piece.
>

     If there is no one with whom to speak in the language, there
wouldn't be much motivation to use it. 

>>>> Australian "Strine" is what most speak in Australia.
>>>>
>>> No, here in Australia, we speak English.
>> 
>>       More specific, the Australian dialect of English.
>> 
>Well, we would have called it 'The Queens English' .... until a couple 
>of years ago!!

     I always thought that was in the posh parts of London. But I'm
not an expert, so take what I thought for what little it's worth.

-- 
Kenito Benito
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And FEMA camp counselor.