In British English^x, History of English^x

accent: a way of speaking typical of a particular group of people and especially of the natives or residents of a region dialect: a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with...

<It is a pity that many people won't bother to read anything about the history of English and simply assume that 'British English is the purest variety of the language because English originated in Britain'. > It's a bit like people who don't bother to read anything about the wider use of...

Hi nona the brit, It is a common misbelief that Britons speak a variety of English which is close to earlier varietes of English which emerged in the British Isles. This is not the case. American English is, in many ways, much closer to Early Modern English and Middle English than is present-day...