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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? There is no "correct" form of English, but due to Yamoi having been ruled by the United States for a time, and is still heavily dependent on the U.S. (both officially and unofficially), American English is heavily preferred. Yamoian English is most influenced by the generic "newscaster" and Military Basic dialects.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: either, but most people just say plane
Apartment / flat: apartment
Color / colour: color
Cookie / biscuit: cookie
Elevator / lift: elevator
Engineer / train driver: engineer
Highway / motorway: highway
Math / maths: math
Pants / trousers: pants, but trousers is sometimes used
Principal / headmaster: principal
Recognize / recognise: recognize
Sedan / saloon: sedan
Station wagon / estate: station wagon
Theater / theatre: theater
Vacation / holiday: vacation

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, though most Hansdeltanian military personnel typically say "fix-wing aircraft."
Apartment / flat: Both have different meanings in Hansdeltanian English. The term "apartment" is typically used a self-contained residential unit with its own front door, kitchen, and bathroom, whereas "flat" is typically used for an entire floor of apartments.
Color / colour: Color
Cookie / biscuit: Both have different meanings in Hansdeltanian English. A cookie is any sweet baked good, whereas biscuits are any quick breads that resemble scones where baking soda or baking powder are used as leavening agents instead of yeast.
Elevator / lift: Both have slightly different meanings. Elevators transport passengers, whereas lifts transport cargo.
Engineer / train driver: Engineer
Highway / motorway: The term "freeway" is preferred for any dual controlled-access highways. Highways in most states refer to any road where the speed limit is below 60 miles per hour/97 kilometers per hour.
Math / maths: Math
Pants / trousers: "Pants" refer to any article of clothing worn from the waist extending to the ankles. Trousers refer to such articles of clothing that have buttons, flies, and belt loops; e.g. slacks or jeans.
Principal / headmaster: Principal
Recognize / recognise: Recognize
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Hansdeltanian scholars state that the -er ending is used for the building itself, whereas the -re ending is for performing arts. However, most Hansdeltanians use -er for all contexts.
Vacation / holiday: Vacation

Wardie land speaks British English, Queen's English is taught at schools, though regional dialects are more often used since youngsters learn them from their family.

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 are acceptable.

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

Which English spelling is taught in schools?
[] British
[] American
[X] Other: We teach both variants of English and Newspeak, a form of English

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?
They are all acceptable, but using Newspeak in common, day-to-day, speaking is considered a little odd

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

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

Which English pronunciation is taught in schools?
[v] 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? There is no English as a whole. There are many groups of it. We like to use British English, but Singlish is also encouraged and American English-specific schools are present although British English is also taught.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Flat
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Either. To me biscuit is plain while cookie has some flavour and texture.
Elevator / lift: Lift
Engineer / train driver: Train driver
Highway / motorway: Highway
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers:Pants
Principal / headmaster: Principal
Recognize / recognise: Recognise
Sedan / saloon: Sedan
Station wagon / estate: Station wagon
Theater / theatre: Theater
Vacation / holiday: Both are acceptible, but vacation is used in a more formal context

English is not an official language of the country. The only official language is Pandecian. However the vast majority of our citizens speak English as an unofficial language; and since the Education sector is heavily privatised, English is taught as part of the curriculum due to its usefulness.

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?
While a standardised English is generally taught, people are free to use dialects if they wish to do so. By this we mostly mean British dialects as British English is the most influential in Pandect with many citizens watching British TV and listening to British pop music. While you can speak how you like, anyone trying out northern states American accents is going to get laughed at.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane (but it's pronounced air-plane now)
Apartment / flat: Flat but you can use apartment when it's in a trendy area and you paid way too much for it.
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Biscuit, although round biscuits with chocolate chips in are called cookies.
Elevator / lift: Lift
Engineer / train driver: Train Driver (an engineer is someone who does engineering).
Jail / Gaol: Pandect is one of the few countries still spelling gaol the traditional British way (the g is soft, like genius)
Highway / motorway: Motorway for anything with 3 or more lanes each way. Dual Carriageways have 2 lanes each way. Main Roads have one lane each way.
Math / maths: Maths
Pants / trousers: Trousers, although only for formal clothing. Otherwise each type uses its own name ie Jeans, Tracksuit Bottoms, Leggings etc. Pants are the underclothing beneath Trousers although 'Underoos' is catching on lately due to the brand's popularity.
Principal / headmaster: Headmaster
Recognize / recognise: Recognise
Sedan / saloon: Saloon
Station wagon / estate: Estate or Shooting Brake
Theater / theatre: Theatre
Vacation / holiday: Holiday although 'Staycation' has caught on for holidays within the domestic market as compared to those abroad.

We also have decent British Christmas traditions such as Bacon-wrapped Sausages, Christmas Crackers with paper hats, Mince Pies, Christmas Pudding & of course Trifle.

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

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

Is one way exclusively considered the "correct" way, or are all of them acceptable ?
- Only Inlish is acceptable, all other English forms are deemed incorrect.

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

English is not an official language of the District, however English is commonly taught in the Metro areas around the country.

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?
The District has had a trade & cultural embargo with the United States since the early 1950's. Only British English is correct.

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: Engineer
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

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?

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

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 of them are acceptable, however the British Received Pronunciation is much more preferred due to the historical ties our nation has with Great Britain. This policy is more enforced in schools and other educational institutions.

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: aeroplane, but in practice the two are used interchangeably.
Apartment / flat: flat
Color / colour: colour
Cookie / biscuit: biscuit
Elevator / lift: lift
Engineer / train driver: train driver
Highway / motorway: motorway, but in practice the two are used interchangeably.
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

We don’t teach our kids foreign languages.

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: A mix between received and Caribbean

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

Which of the following English word choices are preferred in YN?
Airplane / aeroplane: Aeroplane
Apartment / flat: Flat
Color / colour: Colour
Cookie / biscuit: Cookie
Elevator / lift: Elevator
Engineer / train driver: Train driver
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

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.

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