For the English and the Americans among us, this won't really matter, but for the rest of us... What do you prefer to write in? In South Africa we use mostly English with a bit of American mixed in.
Having lived in America and NZ, in which the same language, more or less, is spoken, I report my astonishment at the number of words that mean completely different things in each country.
I knew we mumbled proper de English in Noo Zild, and them 'mericans did not. But I didn't realise the extent of it. Accent is nothing. Idiom and jargon had me laughing and misunderstanding alternately.
As for 'Queen's English', that could be a fascinating topic, come to think of it. "Queen's English" could be 21st century BDSM jargon, in disguise, now couldn't it?
For the English and the Americans among us, this won't really matter, but for the rest of us... What do you prefer to write in? In South Africa we use mostly English with a bit of American mixed in.
Having lived in America and NZ, in which the same language, more or less, is spoken, I report my astonishment at the number of words that mean completely different things in each country.
I knew we mumbled proper de English in Noo Zild, and them 'mericans did not. But I didn't realise the extent of it. Accent is nothing. Idiom and jargon had me laughing and misunderstanding alternately.
As for 'Queen's English', that could be a fascinating topic, come to think of it. "Queen's English" could be 21st century BDSM jargon, in disguise, now couldn't it?