Reapply to inissial poughst. (though - poughst!)
Is this "arogant", or is it "arrogant", or is it "a-row-guant"? To ask the question is to answer it! The united statesians kept that trait from their "fore farthers". As did the Quanadians. With enuff information (spoken in French gives "information"), u kan get bi. Some body actually cares!
As one of this land (myyyyy fore farthers came to this land thousands of years ago crossing the Berring straight, and weren't even recognized as having a soul by the roman church -circa 1525- therefore justifying making slaves out of them - they got screwed though, because people of the First Nations were terrible slaves, disobedient and all! -so- they went looking to Africa for slaves) I have had english shoved down my throat from birth. I was bilingual when I first went to school at age five. Colonialism still rocks real hard here in Kanada!
I mean it's made its way to Québec (pronounced kouabeck by the english who refuse to say Kaybeck -which they could if they had the good will) where they will start teaching English when children start grade one at the tender age of 6 years old. This, of course, proves that colonialism in this country survives to this day, and even among French Canadians who are assimilated -to varying degrees.
At this point in my life, I've gotten over it and am putting forth tremendous effort to assert myself by speaking English when it suits me and not when it suits the pretentious other. So when the pretentious tell me to "speak white" I say "f*** y**, is that white enough for you?" And English folks in this country are still telling me to speak white.
After "Le déclin de l'empire américain" (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=F1ARTF0002195), a friend suggested the overpowering ego of Americains came to them through the greeks who thought that THEY were the perfect incarnation of "man"! (Americains are those who live in the Americas even if united statesians do have a very big ego and Canadians are wimps) Only big egos would fight over -ise and -ize. Get a life.
But, to answer your question "Why American English?", it's called "ego"! I mean, what else can it be: how do you justify calling a united statesian American when the latter namesake should actually refer to all those living on the two continents? I mean, I'm an American since I live in Canada, but you would never refer to me as such since that word is reserved for united statesians. The bottom line then, is that the English can simply never agree... wherever they come from!!!
Of course, you could replace the word "English" and replace it with "people", and the statement would still be true!
All this being said, may I quote u? "Sorry for being a bit rude but this really gets me."