We have an entire ocean between and America and England. We deliberately changed our language after the Revolution so we could distance ourselves from an oppressive government and establish our own culture.
I know of two reasons... one is too distance themselves from us after independance. (I think this is also why they drive on the wrong side of the road). A long time ago I remember reading it was also becasue they wanted to simplify things. It seems "colour" is too complicated
What I'm mostly wondering about is wether it was a concious choice to change the language, or because it just sorta happened.
Also, I heard somewhere that old english (going back quite a long time, somewhere back to 1500 or so) resembled american english more than british english. Bath would be pronounced more like bed, for instance - as is usual in american english these days.
First, I'd raise issue with the claim that America is the melting pot of the world, given that in the majority of the places it becomes an artificial black/white dichotomy anyway.
America is made up of immigrants from nearly every country which have melted together through acculturation and intermarriage. That's what makes it the melting pot of the world.
No no, you got it all wrong. Why do you call biscuits cookies? :P
no, why do you call jambals cookies?
I know of two reasons... one is too distance themselves from us after independance. (I think this is also why they drive on the wrong side of the road). A long time ago I remember reading it was also becasue they wanted to simplify things. It seems "colour" is too complicated
hey we can't help it if yinz like to shove U's everywhere
and actually no we drive on the right because it was easier for large freight wagons to have people pass on its left
I wouldn't necessarily say its because we wanted to distance ourselves after the revolution. It would be pretty frivolous and idiotic to change our spellings but keep the pronunciations. Even inside the United States different areas use different words for the same thing. Where i live, for example: ginny = chipmunk jumbo = bologna jagger bushes or jaggers = thorn bushes jimmies = sprinkles eve spout = gutters gum band = rubber band nebby = nosy red up = clean up grass cutter = lawnmower
its just like how different places have different accents, im sure its already been mentioned..
plus look at how people today speak compared to the middle ages.. and how we have different meanings for different words depending on how we are talking..
ie. I was talking to Jim. or Me and Alexis are talking. the second meaning we were talking about dating
We speak different dialects of the English Language. It is the international trade language and is used by all air traffic controllers. There are plenty of things that are different between the US, UK, Indian, Australian, Zealandian (what would this be?), South African, etc versions of the language. Although each country was once controlled by the UK, we are now independent and as such have developed different ways of saying things...
the words are different in the countries, because the circustances and the neighbours are different. Scotland which is next to england has many different words and unique dialects.
most words wernt 'invented', but come from a preexisting language, most commonly latin or greek. Occasiony words are adopted from other cultures, like the british, when they controlled India, got the word 'ajama'. words arnt just created of the top of ones head, but derived from words, or are a combination of words.(ie, breakfast + lunch = brunch; this combination was created by the author of: Alice in Wonderland)
