Can you answer me of following "American or british:What kind of english you speak?"

May 9, 2016 4:58pm CST
There are lots of differences between American English and British English, specially in pronounciation. But there is difference in words also. Like American says "gas" and the other says "petrol". Here in Mylot members are from all over the world. I just wnated to know what kind of English people follow from different part of the world. So, what do you follow? American English or British English?
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 May 16
Since I am English I speak British English - we invented the language
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• United States
10 May 16
You might have invented it, but we took it to the next level and made it better!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
10 May 16
@purplealabaster Fighting talk!! You took it down a level
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10 May 16
Thanks for response jabo... See comment of @Dishari Roy.
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@Orson_Kart (6827)
• United Kingdom
10 May 16
Like @jaboUK said - we invented the language, so you should follow our example and speak properly. The Americans have just messed around with it so they can be different. Y'all.
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@Dishari (687)
10 May 16
A language cannot be entirely invented by a single group. There has to be influences of foreign languages for the language to have a better form. The British English that you use today is also no exception. In fact, it has a wider variety of accepted foreign words because the language is spread all over the world.
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• United States
10 May 16
Trying to be different may be true for those who spoke American English when it first came out. But those of us in this century are only speaking and writing the way we were taught from a very young age. It's not as if we learned "colour" in school and then later on said " You know what, dude? I'm gonna spell it "color" because I'm a rebel." Its a little late for us to go back to our "proper" British English roots now.. By the way, "Y'all" originated from Scots Irish. We just nicely butchered up the spelling cause that's our thing.
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10 May 16
@Dishari I agree with you.
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
10 May 16
Definitely I speak American English... Just because I was raised in the US. It is interesting on the rare occasions I speak with someone who speaks British English, I often do not know what a lot of their slang means. Also, the dialogue and accents are very different and sometimes i can't understand it at all. They are probably thinking the same thing about me, though.
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10 May 16
Sometimes I also don't understand accents of Britisher.
10 May 16
Sometimes I also don't understand accents of Britisher.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
10 May 16
I use a combination of English, French, American English? There is mixture but one has to wonder who does speak English? The people on the island say they do but what about the Irish or even the Scottish. I know its English but I can't understand one word.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
10 May 16
@_anderson__ "what is for you won't go by you" = 3:14 minutes into the vedio..
Hello! *waves* So, being a Scottish Vlogger, I know i tend to use words/slang that some people havnt heard before or just simply don't know the meaning of fr...
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10 May 16
Which word you don't understand??
@Dishari (687)
9 May 16
Well, neither one! Or perhaps a mixture of both. The accent we have here is a completely different and unique one. It might be the result of people trying to get it in rhythm with their mother tongue.
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@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
10 May 16
@Dishari Its amazing how in India itself, English is spoken in so many different accents.
@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
9 May 16
Correct, in rhythm with Mother Tongue.
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@Dishari (687)
10 May 16
@avi256 Yeah. I don't think anyone who originally doesn't belong to America or Britain will able to take up the American or British accent perfectly. There will always be some sort of influence of the native language. But some are really close!
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• Raipur, India
10 May 16
In India we use British English majorly because of the influence of British Colonial Rule. But yes there has been adaption in accent. We have accent of our own and it changes all over India according to different dialects.
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• Raipur, India
10 May 16
@_anderson__ More appropriately we are taught british English but due to the influence of American English we use a mix of both maybe.
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10 May 16
@Blue_bubble I think may be...
10 May 16
I think mostly Indians are using american English. It is also right there has been adaption in accent.
• Jabalpur, India
10 May 16
In India we have to learn British English. But after completing my graduation, I took to Medical Transcription and I have all the work from US Clients, so I use American, also Hollywood makes you more American than British. The best TV series and movies are from Hollywood. But I also like the typical British accent.
• Jabalpur, India
10 May 16
@_anderson__ exactly
10 May 16
It is very easy to learn British English than american..
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
10 May 16
Canadian
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10 May 16
Ohh I am hearing the word pop(Canadian) for soda(american) first time:). Thanks for your response.
@Lolaze (5093)
• St. Louis, Missouri
9 May 16
I'm in American so obviously I speak American English, but I can understand British English as I have some British friends.
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10 May 16
I am also understand British English but some words are very different.
10 May 16
I am also understand British English but some words are very different.
@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
9 May 16
We, in India speak in neutral accent, neither American nor British.
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• United States
11 May 16
indians have a very distinct accent to the ears of outsiders. It's just that you're used to it and don't notice.
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@avi256 (8489)
• Pune, India
11 May 16
@cupkitties Within India itself, you may find 25 different dialects of speaking English, but by neutral I just meant we neither sound American nor British.
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@sabashekh (1218)
• Bhopal, India
10 May 16
British english .... Actually american English has a different accent ...
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@Sweetsona (300)
• India
10 May 16
I think its indian english.. In iphone also in language section you can opt for indian english. But its much influenced by british english, i guess
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• India
10 May 16
10 May 16
You are right Indian English is same as american English..
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@thelme55 (77168)
• Germany
10 May 16
I use both the American and British English languages. Sometimes, when I let my hubby read my articles before publishing them, I argued with him because he thought that I wrote some words in the wrong spelling and I said "that is correct, that's American word." Lol! He speaks in British English.
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10 May 16
Lol.. It is many time confusing me..
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• Guangdong, China
10 May 16
Most of the teachers in my country teach British English, however, i think that i tend to America English.
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10 May 16
I think american English is best.
10 May 16
@callmemonna no Yarr Your English is good. Be positive.
• Guangdong, China
10 May 16
@_anderson__ The same to you, though i can't speak it well
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
10 May 16
I use American English but I have friends who are in England that I communicate with and have learned a lot of the British English sayings.
@padu19 (1441)
• India
11 May 16
Most of the Indians I believe speak British English.
@jndlponti (2402)
• Philippines
10 May 16
In our country we use the American English for it is by influence during the colonial time.
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
11 May 16
Both.