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British or Americanish

Some Britishisms entering American English are vogue words and catchphrases this is because there was no American word/expression with that specific meaning.

English language has been spoken and developed for 1400 years.

‘English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and is the common language used by the federal government, to the extent that all laws and compulsory education are practiced in English.’

This statement shows that in the United States the language spoken is English it is also referred to as American English; this is because some words are said in an American accent and few words are changed to fit the thing that the people are talking about. This shows that Americans want to express themselves with their own language however it’s English that they are using but with different vocabulary to fit their needs.

‘The first wave of English-speaking settlers arrived in North America during the 17th century, followed by further migrations in the 18th and 19th centuries. Since then, American English has developed into new dialects, in some cases under the influence of West African and Native American languages, German, Dutch, Irish, Spanish, and other languages of successive waves of immigrants to the United States.’

This proves that Americans speak English as known from history American English has developed after the 19^th centuries. Many people immigrated to America and learnt English and later on developed to learn American English which is the same but with different accents and few words to try and mirror a new language. 

Britishisms vs Americanisms

Many Americanisms are same as Britishisms but with a different spelling or accent when said. For example:

colour	color
favourite	favorite
honour	honor
realise	realize

recognise	recogize
wardrobe	closet
rubbish	garbage
pavement	side walk

     

Some people love Americanisms, like slangs because they think its cool and different also in their opinion there is beautiful phrases that also help them give voice to their feelings.

Some people who are against Americanisms think there is no point in it and it can cause trouble. Some also think its disrespecting the English language. Few people are hostile about Americanisms and the phrases they use such as “reach out to you” and “can I get a regular coffee”.

In my opinion different pronunciations of words and phrases are interesting it also shows multicultural people speaking the same language in their unique way. This is important in my opinion because the more people in the world with different languages and pronunciations of same words in English language or other languages gives more personality and more interesting people in the world.

Americanisms are an interesting way to express yourself while using English language. Using different words to describe the same objects in Britain and in the United States shows how different names represent the same object spoken about.

The girl on the top of this post thinks that in the United States everyone speaks Americanish and that’s the most important language because in her opinion it’s the future of the world. Her name is Pupinia Stewart. Therefore she thinks that American English is her own unique language and the words and phrases she uses are American not English so people who don’t understand her they should learn Americanish.

In my opinion English language is used in America so Americans shouldn’t try to take away the English language from the British because it’s rude. ‘American language’ doesn’t exist its American English that they speak in America.