What's the difference between British English and other Englishes?

[Lovelyjitu]

Hi,

tell me any one
What's the difference between British English and Other English?

how can I learn British english as speaking with a british tone with the help of
my own efforts as If any body recomended me a speacial book name, website or
free tips to learn and be expert in British englsih speaking.

Thanks

[Yankee]

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Why do you want to become an expert in speaking British English, lovelyjitu?
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[Englishuser]

Hi,

[Yankee]

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I'm afraid it isn't, EU -- especially in view of the fact that less than 20 percent of the world's native speakers of English are from Britain.
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[Alan]

Hi,

I am intrigued, Amy, why you ask:

[Torsten]

When I saw lovelyjitu's question I had to chuckle because I knew it would start an interesting debate about which version of spoken English should be learned. lovelyjitu, what I recommend is that you start getting exposed to spoken English as much as possible. Books and websites are not the best resources if you want to speak English because what you need is "audio input". The more you listen to English the better you will understand that there is great variety of spoken "Englishes" each of which has its charm. Watch CNN on a regular basis and you will hear "Bulgarian American English" spoken by Ralitsa Vassileva, South African English (which is very close to standard British English) spoken by Anand Naidoo and Tumi Makgabo, Australian English spoken by Michael Holmes, "RP" (British English), spoken by Becky Anderson and so on. It is important for you to listen to authentic English as much as possible. When you want to learn to speak English, listening is more important than speaking.

Can you distinguish between different accents and dialects? If not, the likelihood that you can imitate any of the many spoken versions of English is rather small. I think this is the reason why many Indians or Pakistani don't sound neither American nor British or Canadian. They just sound Indian or Pakistani. Take Pervez Musharraf, how would you classify his accent -- is it British or American?
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[Aereal]

[Prezbucky]

EU,

he/she wants to learn to spell a bunch of words incorrectly.

hehe
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[Cooliegirly]

[Yankee]

[Torsten]

Hi Amy,

To me, the sentence "Our friend might want to study English literature or American Literature or any other literature written in English" is not the result of a hallucination or complex, it's just a suggestion. What exactly is the connection between British English and your friend, the PhD pharmacist? Did he or she study in the UK?
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[Yankee]

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Alan stated that there might be a desire to study literature and asked would whether that would be questioned. Do you know the meaning of "to question something", Torsten? Judging by what you wrote, I'd say you don't.

My PhD source is not a 'he', and yes, her company is also very active in the UK and she has spent quite a bit of time there. There is no more connection to British English than that. However, for native-speakers in the UK who hallucinate about simple, everyday questions, it's nice to know that there are remedies on the market.

[Torsten]

Yes I do and that's why I'm still mystified about your pharmacist and the remedies you mentioned.
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[Princess]

would be the slang?

Cause once I watch the movie made in British I can not catch the words as the English:P

[Yankee]

Hi Torsten

OK, let's say I met someone new. As often happens, we might engage in some get-to-know-each-other-a-bit small talk. Imagine that the person told me that they wanted to become proficient in ballroom dancing. Imagine that I then asked them why. According to your definition of "to question something", is that what the question "Why do you want to be proficient in ballroom dancing?" amounts to? Questioning the person's decision to do something? I certainly hope not!