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Benedict Arnold

Why is American English considered a language?

Take a language, change the Spelling of a few words, then call it your own language? What’s that all about?

Posted - December 10, 2017
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  • 1812
    Because we WILL BE recognoticed.
      December 10, 2017 2:50 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Because I'm never ever Wong. ....an I say it ain't.....Nail ave a Nice da an stop barstard'izing hour lang'wige 
      December 10, 2017 7:00 PM MST
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  • 53504


    "Spelling" should be lowercase. 


      December 10, 2017 3:43 PM MST
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  • 6124
    American English isn't considered a language per se.  It's English that's been Americanized.  You don't like it?  
      December 10, 2017 3:59 PM MST
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  • No I don’t like it. It’s unnecessary. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 10, 2017 5:11 PM MST
      December 10, 2017 5:11 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Its a dialect of the English language, like Austrailian English. 
      December 10, 2017 4:09 PM MST
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  • 53504



    (Its It's)
      December 10, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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  • 5391
    A minor point. I hope that isn’t the only thing you gained from my response
      December 10, 2017 8:09 PM MST
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  • 53504


      Too minor to edit? There is an edit button on your reply that you may use if you care to. You're not obligated to do so if you choose not to, of course.
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      December 10, 2017 8:28 PM MST
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  • 22891
    thats cause it is a language
      December 10, 2017 4:41 PM MST
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  • American English is a dialect of the English language.
      December 10, 2017 6:37 PM MST
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  • 10052
    My English friend taught me that much of American English is more consistent with original English, prior to the Norman conquest.  Here's a wiki article that talks about it, if you're interested. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
      December 10, 2017 7:10 PM MST
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  • It was done by Noah Webster. After the revolution he decided that a new country needed a new language. So, he changed up the spellings of many words.
      December 12, 2017 7:13 PM MST
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