Originally posted by mikelomLanguage evolves, get over it.
"Any comment on how mikelom thinks American English is "bastardised English"? - quote.
Well isn't it derived English, from an original rich source of words that are now lazily used and misspelled on another continent?
English derives from the original Germanics, Roman and Greek richness that created such a mix of diversity, doesn't it?
I see true ...[text shortened]... ns for believing it is English in the true sense of those exact words you tried to qualify.
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The post that was quoted here has been removedWho used the word 'offensive'??.. Hum?... not me!
Of course Scouse and Geordie etc are 'proper English'. They are dialectical, an area where proper English keeps its cultural development and richness in the bounds of being truly different.
I have never, also, said that English has been static - no language is - they develop daily. What I would say is that what ever happened in the colonisation of America, and indeed the Americas, has had little or no effect on how English in its true sense has continued to evolve.
Unless, of course, you now close your trunk and scratch your fanny! 😛
Originally posted by jimslyp69Exactly. mikelom brought it up because, as an expat in Asia, he's used to using the quality of his native language as his only advantage.
Anyway. Who cares. The whole point of language is communication. If the message is successfully passed on, then what is the problem? Already?