YoYoMa wrote:I had taken a language class at one point and the professor had said that American English is actually closer to the origins of the English language than British English. The reason for that was that when the original settlers came to America their dialect stagnated without much outside influence while the British English continued to change. I'm not sure if it's still the case given the mass influx of people since WWII and all but it's always fun to see Brits get all riled up when you say Americans speak a more proper English than they do
The setlers that came to america spoke a version of English as far removed from the original English as we do from them
Now thats proper english
I see your point tho.
