On 7/12/2015 12:48 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Christina Websell wrote:

I have quite a few American friends and we disagree all the time about
their
idea of English and mine. American English is very different from
"English" English.

Sorry, that is complete nonsense.

I think so too.

Ask someone if a book they are reading was published in the UK or US,
and I'll guarantee they will have no idea 90% of the time.
The language spoken in the two countries is essentially identical.
I don't know why people make up this pretence
that there is a great difference between them.
Even the accents are converging,

Indeed they are. I know there are a lot of British, Australian and Kiwi
actors on US TV and play spot the actor and then try to find a hint in
the accent of their home country. It's almost impossible these days.

as are accents within the UK.