Joey Learning English

[TigerLover]

Yawn.

However much I believe Caribbean English should be the forefront of this "whose English is best" debate;

It's very well known that European languages such as English, Spanish and Portuguese;

Have been both out numbered and "out modernized", by nations in which have adopted and improved the languages.

Latin Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Caribbean French

And of course American English.

They outnumber us as the now "Native" speakers of English.

Even if Britain birthed the language as it were.

It's simply a matter in this case of "Quantity over Quality".

You've got a good point with yankie English, It has been nicely simplified and some of the idiosyncrasies born of history have been ironed out making it easier for non-natives to learn.

However Traditional English is steeped in ancient arts and culture in a way the others simply aren't. From "the WHO" and the "beatles" to "harry potter" and "Dr Who" British English still saturates American and global culture. Plus we will always have good old Billy Shakespeare.

Also Americans still struggle with metaphors.
"Hold down the fort." "Could care less."

:mad:

Actually while I'm at it.
Oi Americans!
It's Maths not Math, the word you're shortening is Mathmatics, it's not a singular noun. Oh and stop pronouncing Herb as Erb. The H isn't silent and we didn't fight the 100 years war just to have our language bastardised with French.

Otherwise top notch job on removing the annoying bits especially all those U's all over the place.

God Save the queen.
*salute*