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NitPick here, just ignore, if you find yourself offended. My college education has lead me to understand the following:
Those of you who claim to speak English and are from, or learned the American Language in the Americas are speaking "North American English" or as it should be called "American" it's not really all English,[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english[/ame] it's a conglomeration of several languages rooting in Latin/Roman, and including French, Spanish, Greek, and German(Deutsch) with a few words from other languages thrown in here and there. After all the United States was made up from several countries colonists and immigrants.(although many from England{GB})
Native American languages that the "North American Indians" used to speak are nearly lost. Sadly South American natives are slowly losing their languages to "North American English" or "Mexican"
Only the Britain's are permitted to call the language they speak as "English" and that would be a tame "Queens English" these days.
The "Native" language spoken in Mexico is "Mexican", the Spanish it takes it's root from was born in Spain and only Spaniards speak true "Spanish". Just put a native Spaniard next to a native Mexican and ask them to pronounce the same words. It's a dramatic noticeable difference.
However if you were born in one of the America's(as I was) and speak "North American" you may call "American" your native tongue. Let's not forget the Americas" are made up of several countries and languages(dialects excluded), just like Europe, or even the far east.
NitPick over, great diversification here. Would computer (IDE)languages qualify?
If so I speak C++, Java, HTML(ham tommato mutton and lettuce), and VB well enough to get what I need done.
Those of you who claim to speak English and are from, or learned the American Language in the Americas are speaking "North American English" or as it should be called "American" it's not really all English,[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english[/ame] it's a conglomeration of several languages rooting in Latin/Roman, and including French, Spanish, Greek, and German(Deutsch) with a few words from other languages thrown in here and there. After all the United States was made up from several countries colonists and immigrants.(although many from England{GB})
Native American languages that the "North American Indians" used to speak are nearly lost. Sadly South American natives are slowly losing their languages to "North American English" or "Mexican"
Only the Britain's are permitted to call the language they speak as "English" and that would be a tame "Queens English" these days.
The "Native" language spoken in Mexico is "Mexican", the Spanish it takes it's root from was born in Spain and only Spaniards speak true "Spanish". Just put a native Spaniard next to a native Mexican and ask them to pronounce the same words. It's a dramatic noticeable difference.
However if you were born in one of the America's(as I was) and speak "North American" you may call "American" your native tongue. Let's not forget the Americas" are made up of several countries and languages(dialects excluded), just like Europe, or even the far east.
NitPick over, great diversification here. Would computer (IDE)languages qualify?
If so I speak C++, Java, HTML(ham tommato mutton and lettuce), and VB well enough to get what I need done.