[Oska]

I was just wondering what type of english (generally English English or American English) is taught in other countries. So if you're from a non-native-english-speaking country, what kind of english were you taught?

[ShadowMax76]

o_O' this is confusing... i'm going to say 'australian english'..

[erika.march1993]

oh uhm...
haha the question is a bit confusing.


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I speak the English that is taught in American schools.

[Mannosuke]

I speak Canadian.
Some canadian guy taught our class english. He called it "canadian" as well. He's so damn cool.

[Oska]

I guess it would be confusing, particularly if you're not aware of the type of english you were taught, because it's still the same language and differences are fairly minor (spelling and vocab, mainly, and accents). In Thailand I met a fellow who spoke english in a funny half thai/half cockney (I really don't know my english accents sorry) accent (he had learnt english watching eastenders).

Also, thanks for getting my question Mannosuke. What country are you from?

[babyn0ra]

'Singlish' LOL its singaporean english =P

[emceej]

WTF.
uhh...american english? lmao.

[mekka]

I speaks the Queens English!

[Mannosuke]

I guess it would be confusing, particularly if you're not aware of the type of english you were taught, because it's still the same language and differences are fairly minor (spelling and vocab, mainly, and accents). In Thailand I met a fellow who spoke english in a funny half thai/half cockney (I really don't know my english accents sorry) accent (he had learnt english watching eastenders).

Also, thanks for getting my question Mannosuke. What country are you from?

Taiwan. The guy was from vancouver, and he was chinese (since some people ask if it's a white guy teaching english and there are myths going around saying chinese people will never find a job teaching english in chinese places)

I agree, the vocabulary is rather different in say, england vs somewhere like america.
Who goes around calling gas "petrol"? Although it IS a common name for it, it's just not the standard in some countries and some people are simply oblivious to the fact that some people call it petrol.

[Oska]

Taiwan. The guy was from vancouver, and he was chinese (since some people ask if it's a white guy teaching english and there are myths going around saying chinese people will never find a job teaching english in chinese places)

I agree, the vocabulary is rather different in say, england vs somewhere like america.
Who goes around calling gas "petrol"? Although it IS a common name for it, it's just not the standard in some countries and some people are simply oblivious to the fact that some people call it petrol.

I call gas 'petrol', I'm from Australia and I remember being confused when watching american tv shows and seeing them fill up their cars with 'gas' when it was clearly a liquid. Then it took more time to learn that gasoline and petroleum were pretty much the same thing.

[cannotfindserver]

american english is taught in our schools here.

[Teeeee]

uhm...Canadian? o.o
because American and Canadian are different o.o

[shinhdeplol]

British English

when i was in singapore, singlish rubbed off on me a bit too =] haha

[*lyrynne*]

american english? well even americans make mistakes in speaking english themselves right~

[1TYMRMYVZT]

I learned English watching tv and listening to music so... American English?
I have a really weird accent though. ._.

[ncly]

American English, since most of the people (including the teachers) teach in American English, even though there are British teachers.

i think my school is an american english school lol.

[.flyhigh]

Um, I was actually brought up in an english-english country ( and still am in one o.o") but I have an American accent and speak American English (and spell the same way ... most of the time @@;;; )

[LazyAzian]

I can speak Canadian English and Philippine English !

Ex.

Canadian English: Washroom

Philippine English: CR (Comfort Room)

British English: Loo

[Fanoo]

I guess it's American English. Or British English.
But no accent in both case.

I had this classmate who was doing a report in english.
And she was supposed to say letter. But idk...she pronunced it "not-the-proper-way". Like "leh-dah" or something.
(I think that was the australian accent)
It was understandable. Actually her level in english is pretty good.
But the teacher got so pissed.
She scolded her, saying things like "It's not leh-daaah, it's leTTER. See? With a T !"
"Don't be so cocky by trying to speak with an accent that you don't even have."
Everybody in the class were like wtf O_O..

Another case : there was this girl who was veeeery fluent in english, since she lived in India
But she got a bad mark for an oral test.
Because she had an indian accent.
And that's not how people teach it =__=

[Carmen.]

What's the difference between Canadian and American English?

Well, other than the fact that we say EH?