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**Vokbeelllicky** · 02-19-2009, 02:08 PM

An interesting factoid about American English vs. British English. It is generally thought that British English is the "older" version, but in fact American English contains many features of 15th and 16th century English now gone or uncommon in British English. Among these are words like "gotten" and "fall" (for the season), and the short "a" in "bath", "path", etc.

I think you have to remember which British or American English you are talking about. Arguments about archaic words still being used in America as a measure of the history of the language are a bit strange really. English has been spoken in Britain for a very long time, regardless of its form or regional variations, and a few words from the 16th Century don't really change that.

Besides Yorkshire English is easily the best from of English, and should be taught as a global standard.

02-19-2009, 02:08 PM	#22
Vokbeelllicky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 603 Senior Member	An interesting factoid about American English vs. British English. It is generally thought that British English is the "older" version, but in fact American English contains many features of 15th and 16th century English now gone or uncommon in British English. Among these are words like "gotten" and "fall" (for the season), and the short "a" in "bath", "path", etc. I think you have to remember which British or American English you are talking about. Arguments about archaic words still being used in America as a measure of the history of the language are a bit strange really. English has been spoken in Britain for a very long time, regardless of its form or regional variations, and a few words from the 16th Century don't really change that. Besides Yorkshire English is easily the best from of English, and should be taught as a global standard.
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