Is American or British English closer to original English?

As a result, although there are plenty of variations, modern American pronunciation is generally more akin to at least the 18th-Century British kind than modern British pronunciation.

Who speaks the original English?

Old English developed from a set of West Germanic dialects, often grouped as Anglo-Frisian or North Sea Germanic, and originally spoken along the coasts of Frisia, Lower Saxony and southern Jutland by Germanic peoples known to the historical record as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

Why is English not the official language of USA?

There are multiple reasons that English is not declared as the official language of the United States. Colonists immorally dominated the Native Americans and forced their languages on them; however, this was not just English. There were Spaniards, French, and more colonists from other European countries.

Which type of English British or American do you think is most reflected in Philippine English?

Philippine English traditionally follows American English spelling and grammar while it shares some similarity to Commonwealth English.

Do Americans sound more like the Brits of several centuries ago?

“The change towards standard non-rhoticity in southern England was just beginning at the time the colonies became the United States.” So at least when it comes to their treatment of the 18th letter, Americans generally sound more like the Brits of several centuries ago.

Why are British accents so different to American?

In fact, British accents have undergone more change in the last few centuries than American accents have – partly because London, and its orbit of influence, was historically at the forefront of linguistic change in English.

Are there any Americanisms in British English?

It’s often pointed out that plenty of these Americanisms were British English to begin with – we exported them, then imported them back. A commonly made case in point is ‘I guess’, which crops up in Chaucer. When Dr Johnson compiled his seminal 1755 dictionary, ‘gotten’ was still in use as a past participle of ‘get’.

Will we no longer be able to tell if a word is Americanism?

We’ve already reached the point where most of us can no longer tell whether a word is an Americanism or not. By 2120, he suggests, American English will have absorbed the British version entirely. As he puts it, “The child will have eaten its mother, but only because the mother insisted”.