Quote Originally Posted by Gurgeh View Post
No. But that's because nearly everyone speaks American. Even the English now speak American. I'm not saying every live letter. I just mean one like this where it's really useful.
Most of the things I've said have been of no more interest than I intended or they deserved, and it's other people's riffs that have kept the conversation going, but this of all things seems to have been of interests.

The main reason called it American was because:
Bunny referred to American companies (not British companies like Rockstar North). So I drew a parallel from there, or maybe a tangent.
- From there I also used American because while the British speak 'English', North America has added to it.
- this I would stand by though, and that is that the whole world (please don't be pedant over that, obviously not everyone in the whole world), speaks English not because of the X British Empire, not because of US foreign policy, but above all else because of Hollywood.

I used 'American' as short hand for all of the above.

The british would never use the following words the way that US americans would:
Elevator, hood, trunk, highway, sidewalk, apartment, pop, soda, biscuit, gravy, cookie, candy, jelly, aluminum, gas (in parlance), link (in parlance), banger, beer, spirit, eggplant (ever), zucchini (ever), jam, ... loads of others I don't know.

The British do know what is meant when an american uses those words. (Except biscuit)

I think that US would struggle to understand correctly even if used in context, boot, bonnet, flat

Yes it's definately English. I communicated badly by trying to convey the above as a single word nuance.

Oh and the word 'world'.
Yeah, I don't think US americans use that word the same way either. International English is more in line with the british definition... ;-p

Yeah communicated badly. Clearly. See posts I provoked.