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Re:The Britishisation of American English by jacques_chester on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:08AM (#4581010)
There's also the distinct English dialects spoken in the various former colonies. These tend to more closely follow the original English and so, by way of analogy with a certain international institution, people talk about Commonwealth English.

It's interesting how the entire shape of Australian English was set by the early settlers -- you can still distinct dialects of Strine spoken in different parts of the country. Or the way that the vowel-lotto that New Zealanders play with "Unglush" has a lot to do with the heavy settlement of NZ by Scots.

I guess eventually we'll all speak the same English. It'll give the French something even bigger to hate. Manifique.

Re:The Britishisation of American English by Gmo on Friday September 28, 2012 @07:22AM (#4585006)
I know it was a tongue in the cheek comment, but if you want to attack the "French", try to at least do it correctly.

It is "magnifique".

Re:The Britishisation of American English by jacques_chester on Friday September 28, 2012 @08:21AM (#4585126)
Quelle horreur, my mother will be mortified.

(I know I am)