Timeline for What should I call the English spoken in UK?
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| Aug 13, 2014 at 8:09 | comment | added | David Richerby | No. "English" refers to the whole family of dialects, including American English and all the other Englishes. How do you propose that somebody should say "I speak American English, not British English" in your proposed terminology? "I speak American English, not English" is contradictory; "I speak American, not English" makes it sound like they're two completely unrelated languages. | |
| Jul 19, 2012 at 18:59 | comment | added | GEdgar | And do you think even throughout London the language is the same? | |
| Feb 27, 2012 at 11:22 | comment | added | immutabl | Agreed. English English = just 'English' as distinct from US English, Caribbean English, Indian English, Australian English etc. etc. | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 1:26 | comment | added | mgb | Or Proper English ? | |
| Feb 23, 2011 at 8:50 | history | answered | user774 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |