Wow, what a lot of nonesense. Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language? Huh? What are you talking about? I was

That's right, British English is taught in New Zealand schools but with the influence of American TV and movies, their 'version' of English is becoming more and more accepted. And it is true tht the 'educated' people do have an accent similar to