OT Faffy/Mike/Linguistics 101

[Guest guest]

>There is no single " correct " version of English; there

are only hundreds of different dialects that are each 100% correct

within their community of speaker/users.

I don't think that is true. Just because Americans tend to bastardize the

english language doesn't make it " correct " it's wrong and it makes me cringe.

IMO it should be referred to as the " American language " and then, maybe, it

could be forgiven.

The " correct " version of English, in England is called " Queen's English " or

( " Kings English, depending who is on the throne). Usually the newscasters on

the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) can be relied upon to speak English

correctly.

So now you know ;-)

and the K9's

[Guest guest]

>(mom is a writer and former english tutor)...

>she was an english tutor at a nearby college for 15 years or

so,

oops! that should be *writing* tutor.

Suze Fisher

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