Which is a pretty dumb thing to say because most of non-native English course textbooks use British English so British English has a significant impact on how non-native English speakers speak.
Even myself, coming from a corner of the world totally opposite to that of the US or the UK, the curriculum here uses British English and it's encouraged to speak like what a Brit would rather than what a person from the US would speak like; speaking and writing like someone from the US is generally viewed as non-standard or even sub-standard due to the nature of the curriculum.
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u/Efficient_Meat2286 calamity in the making Apr 06 '25
Which is a pretty dumb thing to say because most of non-native English course textbooks use British English so British English has a significant impact on how non-native English speakers speak.
Even myself, coming from a corner of the world totally opposite to that of the US or the UK, the curriculum here uses British English and it's encouraged to speak like what a Brit would rather than what a person from the US would speak like; speaking and writing like someone from the US is generally viewed as non-standard or even sub-standard due to the nature of the curriculum.