What on earth are you talking about? A vast majority of native English speakers are Americans.
All you are saying is "the second highest amount of native English speakers are British" and that means nothing.
Should the English language be renamed the American language?
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What on earth are you talking about? A vast majority of native English speakers are Americans.
All you are saying is "the second highest amount of native English speakers are British" and that means nothing.
Moggy
Warlord
Who cares. In 50 years we will all be speaking Chinese anyway. 
Gustave5436
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I prefer the imperfect past (i.e. "was sneaking") to the perfect in that case.
Anyway, if English should be renamed American, then Portuguese should be renamed Brazilian, among other things.
First things first
What on earth are you talking about? A vast majority of native English speakers are Americans.
All you are saying is "the second highest amount of native English speakers are British" and that means nothing.
English English (or a close approximation thereof) is used in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, for starters. American English is used in, well, America. So excepting one country, English speaking nations speak English English (or at least I'm gonna assume they do).
HannibalBarka
We are Free
No, we should stop calling usain americain first ;-)
snakeseare
No arms nor legs
America is not a country, it is a continent, or rather two continents joined together, containing over 20 countries. None of the people in the other countries refer to the people of the US as "Americans." The people of the other countries are Americans themselves, after all.
The most widely-spoken language in the Americas is Spanish. Thus, if you want to rename a language "American," Spanish is the clear favourite. While you're at it, figure out a proper name for your country. "America" is taken. So is "ignorant git."
The most widely-spoken language in the Americas is Spanish. Thus, if you want to rename a language "American," Spanish is the clear favourite. While you're at it, figure out a proper name for your country. "America" is taken. So is "ignorant git."
onedreamer
Dragon
Pathetic. USA are so culturally empty that now have to even try to steal the name of their language from another country.
Well if you look at England it is the same. Culturally empty too, moreover it is under direct influence of current Us culture, so it is in an even worse position. Having the same language as the Us has made England pretty much a colony of it nowdays.
onedreamer
Dragon
that's just BS, they have a language to call their own, for a start. And obviously a lot more. No european country is culturally overwhelmed by the USA, including Lichtenstein and Andorra... this is a urban legend spread by USA to help them pretend that they actually have a culture that could overwhelm someone.
Winner
Diverse in Unity
Who cares. In 50 years we will all be speaking Chinese anyway.
Chinese will never become a global lingua franca.
This
Well you speak what you think is true, but i have actually lived in England for a while, and know what i witnessed
If given the choice to emmigrate to either England or the Us, if i had children, i would choose the Us since there at least there exists a culture of its own, unlike in England where things are more provincial and subjugated. If i was alone, though, i would choose London, since at least that is in Europe
If given the choice to emmigrate to either England or the Us, if i had children, i would choose the Us since there at least there exists a culture of its own, unlike in England where things are more provincial and subjugated. If i was alone, though, i would choose London, since at least that is in Europe
No, it should not. But I can imagine a point in time where they separate enough to warrant changing the name of what we speak in America to something else. American, Columbian, Websterian, Jeffersonian (or after some other founding father), whatever...
Actually, it is not us that spread this. It's usually used by those who claim we have some sort of imaginary "empire". It's ridiculous, yes I agree, but the assertion isn't an American one.
Why on earth would a language be named after a person?
