In Dialects^x, American English^x

#2 is not correct. "When dialects diverge to the point that they are mutually incomprehensible, they become languages in their own right" That is not always the case. For example, "Chinese" dialects are mutually unintelligible, but "Chinese" is often regarded as being a language. Swedish,...

Unless you get the accent down perfectly, it's unlikely that anyone will even be able to tell which dialect of English you learned. For example, Japanese speakers cannot make the vowel distinctions between General American and RP, nor can they pronounce their final r's, so they sound "British"...

Of course if you do decide to go back to an American dialect, just put in the word "like" in all of your sentences, and add "dude" at the end.

>> I got what you meant MrP ... When i make a conversation , i use them (um, er..etc) involuntary. For example if we were talking face to face , i would say 'i use them ,umm,invotuntary.' . Because i would think to find a fit word... In my opinion , i have not found that kind of...

Marvin A. wrote:Ditto for North American English, and probably every other dialect of English as well. Are these used in American English? Where do you bank? I bank at... I must bank these takings.

Ditto for North American English, and probably every other dialect of English as well.

Milky wrote:<Wouldn't that mean that the Indians then would have to learn Chinese and US English?> Depends on the competition. The Chinese and Americans now want to do business with India. Well then, you have your answer. That's precisely why Indians must learn American English. Indians...

At Indian call centres when they are dealing with western customers, they do not use Indian English. They use British or American English. They even go so far as to give themselves English names and some companies give lessons in English (or whatever) culture, so they can chat about all sorts of...

<I think the difference, is that English originated in England, and some of the native speakers were exported to the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.> When were native speakers exported to the US? The US became the US at what date? <The situation in India is about the same as...

So anyone moving to America would be wise to learn American English - the native language. Actually, in some instances learning RP would actually be better. If you can speak with a nearly perfect RP accent, you will be perceived as being a native speaker of British English, on this side of the...