American or British:What kind of English you speak?

Yes, Brtish English as original English language, it followed by various part of the world. Thank you for your response rosie.

Thanks. You are welcome!

To be honest I don't think there is so much dfference in the actual words - with a few exceptions such as the Americans say "Fall" and we say "Autumn". There are a lot of spelling differences though. In Britain we tend to stick to the original form and spelling of a word, whereas the Americans have tended to change the spellings to make words look more like they think they sound - for example we write "paedophile" which is the old original Greek spelling and they say "pedofile" or someting similar!!! Personally I think the American spellngs look ugly and clumsy, but I guess it's just what you're used to!

I learned British English in school and college. After coming to USA I have started learning the differences. Now I am to American English:). Thank you for your input.

Well all I can say is that English in general has a crazy spelling system. For example: laugh, "gh" makes an "f" sound, women, "o" makes an "i" sound, nation, "ti" makes a "sh" sound. So really we could spell ghoti for fish. It really is crazy! I think we need an English committee like they have in Spanish and in French to update the English spelling system. There should be no reason why the spelling be so complicated, right?:(.

In fact,for me they are not different.just as what you like to use the word in response or topic.

Actually people always attracted towards the origin of one thing. Thanks for your response.

Well there are many different dialects of English: BE, AE, Australian English, Caribbean English. Therefore, I think all are valid. You know, I have learnt so much stuff from different forms, especially about BE! I accept the differences of our dialects and I think it is interesting the different terms that are used in the languages such as learnt versus learned, have you got...? versus do you have....?

Pablo

Ohh I am hearing the word pop for soda first time:). Thanks for your response.

Good point sissygrl. Actually I cannot distinguish between Canadian accents and northern midwestern US dialects. Some friends of ours are from Wisconsin and they use the term "pop" as well. First time I heard that I giggled (well I was a little girl). Down here in Texas we seem to always call the soda either a) by its brand name, or b) everything is called Coke! Unless you want a clear soda, then it's all called Sprite. LOL strange...

However, if you had a mix of Canadian and American folks in a room it would probably be difficult to distinguish which was which (unless they were from the South, then it's pretty apparent!)

Sissygirl, I use pop and I live in Ohio, therefore what you said is not true. I have heard pop, soda, soda pop, fizzy drink, fizzy, cola, etc. There are so many names that it can be called. Therefore, I think I will accept the differences of someone calls a pop or soda. I am willing to be accepting of others.

Regards,
Pablo

I think its funny how the Canadians say the word "zed" for the letter Z.