Commonwealth English: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Ro Thorpe (New page: '''Commonwealth English''' is a blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire after the United States of America left it.) |
imported>Ro Thorpe No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Commonwealth English''' is a blanket term for the [[English language|English]] that developed during the [[British Empire]] after the United States of America left it. | '''Commonwealth English''' is a blanket term for the [[English language|English]] that developed during the [[British Empire]] after the [[United States of America]] left it. Thus it is the English of Britain and the Commonwealth nations, such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, using British English as its ancestral model, in contrast to [[Canada]] whose English remains a variety of [[American English|American]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:14, 29 March 2008
Commonwealth English is a blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire after the United States of America left it. Thus it is the English of Britain and the Commonwealth nations, such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, using British English as its ancestral model, in contrast to Canada whose English remains a variety of American.