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Is there such a thing as English (British) and English (American)?

Britain is composed Wales, Scotland and England. In Wales the official language is Welsh, and while the official language of Scotland is English there is a language of Scots which might have a revival. English is a common folks language of England which came to prominence after the division of England from Normandy. It is a hybrid of Latin, Old German and French, but it is the language of the English, who are the people who come from the land which is called England. There is only one English in this country English(English) not English(British).

The colonial period spread this language around the globe and the various English colonies which include Northern America came to speak this language.

English is a free language which is not governed and does change, but at the same time there are standards of grammar and spelling which gave come to define the language. Certainly we are not free to just make it up as we go along... unless we do so knowingly of the incorrectness for "aeffect".

Now I sense that the Americans probably are not too happy about speaking a language names after their founding nation. I imagine a brief history of America goes... first there was Adam and Eve - or Dinosaurs depending upon your taste - and then soon after there was the Wild West a lawless time from which emerged the true American - firm jutting jaw, drooling accent, horse (or car) driving and faster than the next man at the draw. I don't suppose that colonial history enters into history classes much despite this being the foundations of American Law, constitution, economics, science, language, music, religion and customs - at least the route by which they arrived (e.g. Christian, Christmas, Halloween, Harvest festival i.e. thanks giving). Not much stems from the American Indians who have been pushed aside and murdered - except maybe the character of the cowboys if you follow Pirsig.

So why do they call their language English (American)? An oxymoron if ever there was one. This is getting into the same weird territory a people calling themselves Italian-Americans or American Jews.

Does English (American) follow the same rules as English (English). If it does then it it is English(English) i.e. English if it doesn't then why not call it American?

Then the on going issue - which the blogger spell checker is certainly confused by - of whether things are colored or coloured is solved.

This blog is in English. So things are coloured. The spell checker (it being a .com site) is actually for a different language called American. The proper spelling of coloured in that in this language.

Worth noting that linguistic evidence points to sudden changes in language when societies split. It is natural for the American peoples to start speaking their own language, so recognise that now and stop the confusion.

Simple - problem solved.