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J4amieC wrote: I still dont think this qualifies it as European English Why?
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Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. Or are you just trying to be funny because the American version is termed "American English"? Not a flame, im just interested
J4amieC wrote: Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. First off. Great Britian is not a country at all. It is made up of the Wales, Scotland and England... i.e. Great Britian is the island just to the right of Ireland. Second. English is the native language of the Republic of Ireland which is not considered by any sense of the word to be a British country and is not a member of Great Britian. Thirs. English is also the native language of Northern Ireland which is not a member of Great Britian, but is a member of the United Kingdom. (United Kingdom = Great Britian + Northern Ireland) Third. In almost all European countries, when English is thought they all teach the same variety of English and that is "Oxford English". In most European countries "Oxford English" is a required language during your schooling. Hence... I call it European English. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
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J4amieC wrote: Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. First off. Great Britian is not a country at all. It is made up of the Wales, Scotland and England... i.e. Great Britian is the island just to the right of Ireland. Second. English is the native language of the Republic of Ireland which is not considered by any sense of the word to be a British country and is not a member of Great Britian. Thirs. English is also the native language of Northern Ireland which is not a member of Great Britian, but is a member of the United Kingdom. (United Kingdom = Great Britian + Northern Ireland) Third. In almost all European countries, when English is thought they all teach the same variety of English and that is "Oxford English". In most European countries "Oxford English" is a required language during your schooling. Hence... I call it European English. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
That makes sense, what with Oxford not being in Great Britain afterall ;P -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!
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J4amieC wrote: Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. First off. Great Britian is not a country at all. It is made up of the Wales, Scotland and England... i.e. Great Britian is the island just to the right of Ireland. Second. English is the native language of the Republic of Ireland which is not considered by any sense of the word to be a British country and is not a member of Great Britian. Thirs. English is also the native language of Northern Ireland which is not a member of Great Britian, but is a member of the United Kingdom. (United Kingdom = Great Britian + Northern Ireland) Third. In almost all European countries, when English is thought they all teach the same variety of English and that is "Oxford English". In most European countries "Oxford English" is a required language during your schooling. Hence... I call it European English. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
First off. Great Britian is not a country at all. It is made up of the Wales, Scotland and England... i.e. Great Britian is the island just to the right of Ireland. I also used to get a bit pedantic about the use of the term "Great Britain" to describe a political entity when it is clearly a geographical entity. It particularly bugged me when I heard American politicians (the POTUS included) talking about "..our ally, Great Britain." Then I discovered it was being used as an abreviation for the formal name of the political entity : The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (That is what appears on your passport - not just The United Kingdom) I always used to use the abreviation United Kingdom, or U.K. to refer to the political entity but I came to realize that that term can be quite vague when falling on non-Brit ears. "Great Britain" may not be accurate but it is unambiguous. Steve T
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Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. Or are you just trying to be funny because the American version is termed "American English"? Not a flame, im just interested
Id love to know why you call it European English. Last time I checked the only European country with English as a native language was Great Britain. Or are you just trying to be funny because the American version is termed "American English"? "European English" makes every bit as much sense as "American English"; a very large majority of the countries in the Americas do not have English as a native language. Steve T
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First off. Great Britian is not a country at all. It is made up of the Wales, Scotland and England... i.e. Great Britian is the island just to the right of Ireland. I also used to get a bit pedantic about the use of the term "Great Britain" to describe a political entity when it is clearly a geographical entity. It particularly bugged me when I heard American politicians (the POTUS included) talking about "..our ally, Great Britain." Then I discovered it was being used as an abreviation for the formal name of the political entity : The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (That is what appears on your passport - not just The United Kingdom) I always used to use the abreviation United Kingdom, or U.K. to refer to the political entity but I came to realize that that term can be quite vague when falling on non-Brit ears. "Great Britain" may not be accurate but it is unambiguous. Steve T
FlyingTinman wrote: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (That is what appears on your passport - not just The United Kingdom) No. It doesn't. The Republic of Ireland is on my passport. I'm not from the United Kingdom. FlyingTinman wrote: "Great Britain" may not be accurate but it is unambiguous. Maybe in the states but over here Great Britian means the island of Great Britian. It isn't short for The United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland so when talking about Great Britian people think of Scotland, Wales and England. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
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FlyingTinman wrote: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (That is what appears on your passport - not just The United Kingdom) No. It doesn't. The Republic of Ireland is on my passport. I'm not from the United Kingdom. FlyingTinman wrote: "Great Britain" may not be accurate but it is unambiguous. Maybe in the states but over here Great Britian means the island of Great Britian. It isn't short for The United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland so when talking about Great Britian people think of Scotland, Wales and England. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
Maybe in the states but over here Great Britian means the island of Great Britian. It isn't short for The United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland so when talking about Great Britian people think of Scotland, Wales and England. That's what they should be thinking, and you may be aware of it, but the distinctions in naming of the geographical and political entities in the British Isles is not widely understood even in there the U.K ) ( I am a Brit--among other things--and lived in England for 30 years so I'm not just guessing here ) And in all my travels I've never met anyone who referred, in conversation, to the nation by its full name: "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". All the terms I have now heard used: Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom or U.K. are accepted abbreviations and just a matter of choice. (Just as "America", "The U.S." or "U.S.A" are commonly used to refer to "The United States of America" ) At least there seems to be a growing awareness that using the term "England" to refer to the U.K. is something of an insult to a large part of the population of Great Britain. Steve T