Quick question...

[Monarch]

As one searches the net aimlessly I tend to have random thoughts. And since lots of you guys are Dutch or other euro countries, you can help :). I was just wondering, when you got taught English at school, did you learn american english or 'real' english.

By this I mean do you spell it color or colour? For instance.

Also some words, did you learn path or sidewalk?

Lol, just fill a gap in my curious mind :)

[Dutch_guy]

Well we learn the ''real'' English over here in school.

We learn the American English while watching tv...

If you mix those 2 you get the English that loads of Dutch people use

[Viking]

Well we learn the ''real'' English over here in school.

We learn the American English while watching tv...

If you mix those 2 you get the English that loads of Dutch people use

Same in Norway. I once wrote color in a composition, and was corrected.

That said, some years I`ve had American english books, probably in order to learn the differences between British and American.
This year I even learned some expressions in "Kiwi" and Australian.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Proper English:

I prefer English spelling and idiom. Assuming of course, that I am aware of any difference in the first place.

In practice, the English I speak and write is a mixture of English, Americanisms, South-African English and a good deal of sheer helpnesness.

[Avicenna]

True English.

Leave American to Americans. Most of the books I want to read were written in England.

[doc_bean]

True English, although we all speak American anyway.

It's actually assumed that we already know basic English/American when we start (8th grade I believe)

[Kagemusha]

English English in school and Mostly American from the Media.In Finland students start to practice English on 3rd grade,If i remember right.Its been a while.

[Upxl]

Yep English.
Some years ago you lost points by saying or writing American English (Belgium).
That changed now.
They still teach the pure English though.
And you can’t mix them up also.
You either go American or UK style.

[Mikeus Caesar]

I wish all of you Europeans would learn proper English. So much better than US English. Not to mention it makes you look smarter than you are.

[SwordsMaster]

It is funny. I've had a Scottish teacher in secondary school, and a californian teacher in the academy. Later, by choice more than program I chose british english over american. Sorry to all americans, but I like the accents better. A lot more expressive.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

COLOR! Not Colour.

It has a nice cul-er sound, not some weird french sounding cul-oeuaeuxr

[Samurai Waki]

...I learned REAL english in America, which is kind of odd I suppose. I blame it on the private school system.

[Duke Malcolm]

COLOR! Not Colour.

It has a nice cul-er sound, not some weird french sounding cul-oeuaeuxr

Color is hard to say, it reads like col, as in collie; and or, as in or. It sounds like a mentally retarded 8 year old learning English.
Colour works seemlessly, incomplicated.

[Craterus]

Color is hard to say, it reads like col, as in collie; and or, as in or. It sounds like a mentally retarded 8 year old learning English.
Colour works seemlessly, incomplicated.

Or seamlessly

[Ice]

double post.

[Ice]

Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia


COLOR! Not Colour.

It has a nice cul-er sound, not some weird french sounding cul-oeuaeux