What English does YN use?

[Estado Novo Portugues]

Even if English is a second/foreign language in YN, there is usually one variety that is favoured over the others. Which one is it?

In the Ecclesiastical State, English is not an official language (those are Portuguese and Latin), nor is it mandatory in schools. But where it is offered, it will always be taught with the British spelling and pronunciation.

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[x] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[x] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? We strictly enforce the British spelling and pronunciation – students who slip into Americanisms or slang are caned on the back. Because we consider any English other than RP to be uncultured.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: aeroplane
Apartment / flat: flat
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: lift
Engineer / train driver: train driver
Highway / motorway: motorway
Math / maths: maths
Pants / trousers: trousers
Principal / headmaster: headmaster
Recognize / recognise: recognise
Sedan / saloon: saloon
Station wagon / estate: estate
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: holiday

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[b]Which English spelling is taught in schools?[/b]
[] British
[] American
[] Other:

[b]Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?[/b]
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

[b]Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?[/b]

[b]Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?[/b]
Airplane / aeroplane:
Apartment / flat:
Color / colour:
Cookie / biscuit:
Elevator / lift:
Engineer / train driver:
Highway / motorway:
Math / maths:
Pants / trousers:
Principal / headmaster:
Recognize / recognise:
Sedan / saloon:
Station wagon / estate:
Theater / theatre:
Vacation / holiday:

(YN = your nation)

[Happy Christian Land]

American English, and there is a very good reason for this. Despite being located in Europe, Happy Christian Land was founded in 1938 by Americans. There may have been some European influence in the intervening eight decades, but on the whole they are very American.

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

[Darmen]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
All of them are acceptable.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Highway / motorway: Both are used interchangeably.
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Both are used interchangeably.
Station wagon / estate: Station Wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Both are used interchangeably.

[A m e n r i a]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[X] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[X] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All are acceptable, though British is more prevalent.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: aeroplane
Apartment / flat: flat
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: lift
Highway / motorway: highway
Math / maths: math
Pants / trousers: trousers
Recognize / recognise: recognise
Sedan / saloon: sedan
Station wagon / estate: estate
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: holiday

[Radiatia]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[X] Correct
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Radiatia has its own accent, which is difficult to describe and also differs by region

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment = High rise, flat = one-storey or shared dwelling (and you can have a flat in an apartment too)
Color / colour: Colour, obviously
Cookie / biscuit: Either
Elevator / lift: Either
Highway / motorway: Either
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers: Either
Recognize / recognise: Recognise
Sedan / saloon: No idea what a sedan is, so I'll say saloon
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theatre (although Radiatians often use "Theater" to refer to the place in a hospital where operations happen)
Vacation / holiday: Either, but holiday is far more common

[Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Alingan, the Alingan English pronuncation in Gracemeria are influenced by the other confederal languages, expecially from the Italian for not known motives.

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? The cantonal government of Gracemeria and the Confederal Government don't matter of type of English is used. The all cantonal departments of education in all canton will mandate to all school to taught the Alingan English, but didn't say that the other's English type is not correct. The Confederal Istitute of Alingan English, will runs the use of English in the Confederal territory.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Highway / motorway: Highway (but is not rare to referes to Alingan Highway as the german name: the Autobahn)
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Saloon
Station wagon / estate: Station Wagon
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: Holiday

[Yohannes]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[x] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[x] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All of them acceptable; but Yohannes born and bred will almost always use British English. Due to heavy Americanisation and oh so popular Star Spangled Banner since the late sixties, however, (thanks Burger King®) many youths (and even civil servants and businesspeople) regularly mix American idioms and wordings together with British English, e.g. grain of salt with pinch of salt (some without knowing; others because they just don't care). Below, for instance:

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane (American)
Apartment / flat: Flat (regional British)
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Both
Elevator / lift: Both. Elevator oh so much; lift not so much
Highway / motorway: Both. Highway more common; motorway not so much
Math / maths: Both
Pants / trousers: Both. Pants oh so much; trousers not so much
Recognize / recognise: Recognise
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theatre
Vacation / holiday: Both

[Arthropol]

English is not an official language in Arthropol, and is offered all schools. An estimated 72% of the population is conversational in English in Arthropol, with an estimated ~30% fluently speaking it, just behind Italian and Spanish.

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[v] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[v] Other: British is taught in schools, but most students end up with a French style accent

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? Both are accepted, but British English is used on all government signs, and British spellings are far more common than American ones

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Colour, the British u is kept in all words like this
Cookie / biscuit: Biscuit
Elevator / lift: Both
Highway / motorway: Motorway is taught in schools, but the French word Autoroute is more commonly used
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers: Both
Recognize / recognise: Recognise, -ise spellings are used for all words like this
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: We don't really have these in Arthropol
Theater / theatre: Theatre
Vacation / holiday: Both, although holiday is more common

[Tondo Federation]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[x] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[x] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? We also consider American English acceptable, but we teach British English more because of our longer encounter with the Brits than with the Americans.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: airplane
Apartment / flat: apartment
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: elevator
Highway / motorway: highway
Math / maths: math
Pants / trousers: pants
Recognize / recognise: recognise
Sedan / saloon: saloon
Station wagon / estate: estate
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: holiday

[Lillorainen]

English is neither an official language of Lillorainen, nor natively spoken. Teaching English in school hasn't a long tradition yet - Lillorainians born before ~1995 will mostly have trouble, unless they learned it somewhere else.

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[x] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[x] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
They are all acceptable. Though, since we often mix British words into it and don't always have a clear pronunciation, you will often hear some Irish-sounding accents.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: both
Apartment / flat: apartment
Color / colour: color (we also accept "colour" though)
Cookie / biscuit: cookie
Elevator / lift: both
Highway / motorway: "highway" - though, we mostly use the German word "Autobahn" since it's less ambiguous)
Math / maths: math
Pants / trousers: pants
Recognize / recognise: recognize
Sedan / saloon: we don't really have that, but saloon is more common
Station wagon / estate: both
Theater / theatre: theater
Vacation / holiday: both

[Greater Eireann]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[x] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[x] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
Other ways are accepted, but it is expected that one uses British English.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: aeroplane
Apartment / flat: flat
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: lift
Highway / motorway: motorway
Math / maths: maths
Pants / trousers: trousers
Recognize / recognise: recognise
Sedan / saloon: saloon
Station wagon / estate: estate
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: holiday

[Great Nortend]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[] American
[X] Other: Nortan English

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Standard Nortan Pronunciation

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? Standard Pronunciation is the 'gold standard' in pronunciation.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Depends. Apartment means a single room of a house whereas flat means a collection of apartments used as a residence in a larger building.
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Biscuit
Elevator / lift: 'Ascending lift', commonly shortened to lift,
Highway / motorway: There are no motorways in the sense of a freeway. Rather, only public highways which are equivalent to a public road.
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers: Trousers.
Recognize / recognise: Either
Sedan / saloon: Depends. A sedan is a form of transport where the vehicle is carried by people. A saloon is a more formal room in a public house.
Station wagon / estate: Estate car
Theater / theatre: Theatre
Vacation / holiday: Depends. A holiday is a holy day whereas a vacation is the period when university lodgings are vacated.

[Juvencus]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[x] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[x] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?: All are acceptable.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?:
Airplane
Apartment
Color
Cookie / biscuit:
Elevator
Highway
Maths:
Pants:
Recognize:
Saloon:
Eestate:
Theater / theatre:
Vacation / holiday:

[Democratic Lykna]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[x] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[x] British – Received Pronunciation
[x] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[x] Other: Lykna has developed her own variant based on BE, with only slight differences

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
BE is generally considered the 'true' one, but using a different way isn't minded a lot.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: aeroplane
Apartment / flat: we use both, but flat is more common
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: lift
Highway / motorway: we use both, depending on the road type
Math / maths: maths
Pants / trousers: we use both
Recognize / recognise: recognise
Sedan / saloon: saloon
Station wagon / estate: estate
Theater / theatre: theatre
Vacation / holiday: holiday

[Democratic Exodian Territories]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[X] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All are considered acceptable. Exodia’s original population grew from a British-controlled area, but we have a high population of those taught in American English. While most words are in American English, many British words are also present.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment (used interchangeably)
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator (used interchangeably)
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Trousers (used interchangeably)
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater (used interchangeably
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

[Andenkommunen]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[] American
[X] Other: Combination, American emphasis

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Combination, American emphasis

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? Certain words have a correct way. Others do not.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station Wagon
Theater / theatre: Theatre
Vacation / holiday: Both

[Bisu]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
Most "neutral" dialect are accepted.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane*
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Train driver
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Principal / headmaster: Principal*
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: holiday*

*Both used

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Bisun for Comparison:
Airplane / aeroplane: Hikoki, Eropelan*
Apartment / flat: Apa'te, Apa'to*
Color / colour: Elen, Kolora**
Cookie / biscuit: Ku'ki
Elevator / lift: Elewato'ra
Engineer / train driver: Lokoman
Highway / motorway: Bulewa'te, Haiwei
Math / maths: Matematika, Tena Adousakaë
Pants / trousers: Pantalone
Principal / headmaster: Principal*
Recognize / recognise: Waku'be
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Lonka'
Theater / theatre: Teatera, Si'ata
Vacation / holiday: Holidei

[Pelotas]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[X] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All of them are usually accepted, although people who spell words the British way are seen as more "proper" than people that spell words the American way. This is mostly due to the fact that people that use American spellings learnt English through American media (TV/movies/the internet/etc) while people that use British spellings learnt English while at school.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane.
Apartment / flat: Apartment.
Color / colour: Colour.
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie.
Elevator / lift: Elevator.
Engineer / train driver: Engineer.
Highway / motorway: Highway.
Math / maths: Maths.
Pants / trousers: Pants.
Principal / headmaster: Principal.
Recognize / recognise: Recognise.
Sedan / saloon: Sedan.
Station wagon / estate: Estate.
Theater / theatre: Theatre.
Vacation / holiday: Holiday.

While English is not either of the official languages, the prevalence of the language in the country is rapidly increasing, particularly due to the rise of the internet and schemes by the government to increase education in the English language. English is also increasingly being used as a lingua franca between Portuguese and German speakers in areas where there are significant numbers of both people, although Portuguese is still preferred as a lingua franca.

[New Transeurasia]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[X] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All are acceptable.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Train driver
Highway / motorway: Motorway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Pants
Principal / headmaster: Principal
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station Wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

[Xmara]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[] American
[X] Other: We use a mix. Yeah, we're weird.

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[X] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? All are acceptable.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Train driver
Highway / motorway: Motorway
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: Trousers
Principal / headmaster: Headmaster
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

[Gandoor]

As English is one of our official languages, Gandoorese English is used in our nation.

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[] American
[X] Other: Gandoorese English

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Standard Gandoorese Pronounciation

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? - We generally don't care how one pronounces words, but the Standard Gandoorese Pronounciation is considered to be the general standard when it comes to speaking English.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment, also Mansion (recursive loanword from the Japanese マンション/manshon)
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Both are used interchangeably, although 'cookie' is more common
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Engineer
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers: Both used, trousers is considered more formal and pants more casual
Principal / headmaster: Both used, although 'headmaster' is more common
Recognize / recognise: Recognise
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagkn
Theater / theatre: Theater (one of the few words in the re/er range that is spelled with an -er in Gandoorese English, it's usually -re)
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

[Aressna]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[X] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[X] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable?
No. British is only for cultural reasons.
Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane:
Apartment / flat:
Color / colour:
Cookie / biscuit:
Elevator / lift:
Engineer / train driver:
Highway / motorway:
Math / maths:
Pants / trousers:
Principal / headmaster:
Recognize / recognise:
Sedan / saloon:
Station wagon / estate:
Theater / theatre:
Vacation / holiday:

[Van Hool Islands]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[X] British
[] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[X] Other: Varies by province, there are several accents.

Regional
Standard Van Hool English - Typical accent used on television news and the upper classes, although hardly ever spoken by regular citizens. Basically just an Australian accent.
Nordhoek English - Very similar to New Zealand English, but with South African-esque Rs. Spoken in both Nordhoek and the Capital Territory.
Westislands English - Spoken in Sunshine Coast, New Flanders, and Pacifica. Mix of a typical Dutch accent, and a British accent. Some elements also of the Australian and New Zealand accents. The Prime Minister, Ariella Aitken, a bilingual native of New Flanders, is said to speak with a perfect version of this accent. By far the most common English accent.
Kempenear Engels - Spoken by the Anglo or bilingual minority in the mostly Dutch-speaking Kempenear Archipelago. Extremely influenced by a rural Dutch accent, with some elements of a West Country accent, especially when pronouncing Rs. Spoken mostly by rural people, while urban people mostly speak with Nordhoek or Westislands accents. Usually incorporates a good deal of Dutch loanwords, for example it's not a house it's a "huis" (pronounced "heys"), and it's not a footpath, it's a "stoep" (pronounced "stoop").
Societal
Bush English - Spoken by lower-class rural people, or "bushsitters". Mix of the Australian Bogan accent, and a lower class white South African accent.
Vankaans - Basically a thick Afrikaner accent, with some slight differences. Spoken by South African immigrants, from Afrikaner, English, and even black backgrounds.
Nezzie - Spoken by Indonesian communities. Closely related to an Indonesian accent, but with a great deal of influence as well from the Dutch accent.
First Nations English - Basically exactly the same as the Maori New Zealand English accent. Spoken by both Maori and First Nations groups.

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? When it comes to spelling, British spelling is often considered more correct than American spelling. Standard Van Hool English, as noted above, is preferred by broadcasters and is seen as "more prestigious" as an accent, quite like Received Pronunciation or "BBC English" in the UK, and General American in the USA.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane.
Apartment / flat: It's complicated;
Apartment = Rented property in a building with other rented properties. Building can be short or tall. As long as it's rented and in an apartment
complex, it's an apartment.
Flat/strata = Owned property located in a building with other owned properties. Strata can also refer to an entire building, usually a newer high rise tower block.
Townhouse = Either a terraced rowhouse or a detached condominium.
Color / colour: Colour.
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie when soft, biscuit when hard.
Elevator / lift: Lift.
Engineer / train driver: Engineer.
Highway / motorway: Both used, alongside freeway. Freeway and motorway refer to larger expressways, while highway refers to all major intercity roads.
Math / maths: Maths.
Pants / trousers: Pants.
Principal / headmaster: Headteacher.
Recognize / recognise: Recognise.
Sedan / saloon: Sedan.
Station wagon / estate: Wagon.
Theater / theatre: Theatre.
Vacation / holiday: Holiday.

[Frenequesta]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[x] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[x] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[x] Other: There is a distinct Freneq English accent, which reduces some diphthongs in a standard American accent into monophtongs, and pronounces the affrictate “ch” at the end of words as the fricative “sh,” but most differences are not easily detectible. It is often taught for domestic news broadcasts, while the Standard Anerican is used for international broadcasts.

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? Both the Standard American and Freneq English accents are acceptable. The American way of spelling, however, is considered the only correct way, though some British spellings might have a different meaning than the American (e.g. theater v. theatre)

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: airplane
Apartment / flat: apartment, though “flat” is used for some cheaper apartments that don’t amount to slums.
Color / colour: color
Cookie / biscuit: cookie
Elevator / lift: elevator
Engineer / train driver: “operator” is preferred over both, but of the two “engineer” is preferred.
Highway / motorway: highway
Math / maths: math
Pants / trousers: pants
Principal / headmaster: principal
Recognize / recognise: recognize
Sedan / saloon: sedan
Station wagon / estate: station wagon (though the style is now archaic, and only automotive enthusiasts would distinguish between a sedan and a station wagon)
Theater / theatre: theatre if referring to the art, theater if referring to the place
Vacation / holiday: vacation

[Pauxia]

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[✓] American
[] Other:

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[] British – Received Pronunciation
[] British – regional dialects
[✓] American – neutral
[] American – regional dialects
[] Other:

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable? Both Standard American spelling and pronunciation are only acceptable.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Airplane
Apartment / flat: Apartment
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Both
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Engineer
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Both
Pants / trousers: Pants
Principal / headmaster: Principal
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Saloon
Station wagon / estate: Estate
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Both