Bombadil wrote:Saying British English is like saying Chinese food in China. It's just food.
There's different dishes of course but it's just food.
To distinguish from English then, sure, add American or Australian or shortern to Singlish.
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Not really the same, especially since it has been proven that American English is more conservative than British English in some ways.
-Astoria wrote:Is this even a question?
British English, on the grounds that more people use it than the American system.thanks Commonwealth
For native speakers, American wins by a mile.
For L2 speakers, it's somewhat closer, but Latin America is proving a boost in that regard for American. Anyway, I think the British should at least capitulate on "petrol", what with it not being petroleum (Gasoline, on the other hand, is unrelated to gas in word origin, so it is fine).