real americans are of british decent so the accent got weaker over time

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just different accents, not necessarily a different language.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not true. We are technically speaking our own language, so we're saying it right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, the British accent sounded a lot different several hundred years ago...and it has several similarities to a typical American accent today. Anyway, English was made more by Germans and the French than the British.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Then would you care to explain why the English language has so root words that stem from other languages? If this were true, the English language itself would be considered wrong cuz it came from other languages and therefore the first language would be the right one.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

isn't english just a collection of different languages, so who said the brits made it? someone didn't pay attention in school.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Languages evolve over time and across different regions; that's why people have different accents and why we aren't all speaking in thees and thous like Shakespeare.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, to agree with everyone, English is derived from mostly Greek and Latin roots. Also, not to be rude, but in correct English, it's not "we are saying it wrong" but it's "we are SPEAKING it wrong."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Modern English evolved over time. Let's start with 'Old English'. Old English was a Germanic language brought to the British Isles by the Anglo-Saxons, and was later further infulenced by 'Old Norse'. Then came 'Middle EnglIsh', which took a lot from Norman-French. The greater transformation to 'Modern English' began with the Great Vowel Shift (starting in the 15th century). Since then English has had a continued tradition of taking new words from foreign languages. A great deal of technical words in English are rooted in Latin and Greek. Modern English has been heavily influenced by foreign languages as England was an Imperial nation, and the US was settled by immigrants from all over the world, and all seem to have contributed some words here and there. Though since English is widespread and varied, as far as who is right, I tend to vote for the majority rules answer. There are over 4x as many English speakers in the US than in the UK. Thats 2x more than India which has 2x the UK.

by Anonymous 13 years ago