Timeline for What should I call the English spoken in UK?
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| Nov 7, 2012 at 10:13 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Nov 10, 2011 at 9:35 | comment | added | tinyd | @Jone Dae - the term British is never used to describe the English language as spoken by British people. The language is called English - it has sub-variants that can be denoted by appending a qualifier, but you always need the language. Using your scheme, what would you call the variant of Spanish spoken by Americans? American as well? Similarly, the name used by the Irish, when speaking English, for the gaelic language spoken in Ireland is 'Irish'. But following your scheme, this name would have been taken up by Irish English. | |
| Nov 9, 2011 at 19:27 | history | edited | yoozer8 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 8, 2011 at 21:47 | comment | added | Barrie England | 'British English' is the term used by linguists to contrast the variety spoken in the UK with other varieties. | |
| Nov 8, 2011 at 21:37 | history | answered | Jone Dae | CC BY-SA 3.0 |