Re: [Lingo] British English

[Keith Bawden <keith@example.com>]

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 17:01, Kenneth Burling <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
>> British English? What's that? THERE'S NO SUCH THING!
>
> I think that the main issue is that most American's assume that
> Britain is England, and nothing more.  When we are saying british
> English, we are thinking English as it is spoken in England.
>

I assumed "British English" to mean Received English pronunciation and
Oxford Dictionary spelling.

Regards, Keith