From: utzoo!watmath!kgdykes Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Do USA citizens speak AMERICAN or ENGLISH??? Article-I.D.: watmath.3165 Posted: Sun Aug 1 06:40:19 1982 Received: Sun Aug 1 07:31:59 1982 just out of curiosity, do those south of the border consider their language to be a "different" one or just a variant of english??? When dealing with some Oklahomans/Mississipians (sic??) a while ago i found an INSISTENCE that "english/canadian" spellings (such as colOUr) were WRONG rather than just a legitimate variant. I can accept this if every person down there called the language "american" but when they say they speak "english" they shouldn't make out they are thee authority on spelling. ---- ..ken (decvax!utzoo!watmath!kgdykes)