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)