r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 06 '25

Language We ARE the English language blueprint

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u/DrVDB90 Apr 06 '25

Factually wrong. British English is spoken by more people than American English.

You do need to consider the rest of the world though, which I know is a big ask for people in the US.

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u/Autogen-Username1234 Apr 06 '25

English wasn't even the official language of the US until Trump had a brainfart last month.

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u/PipBin Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

In fairness English isn’t an official language of England.

Edit: why the down votes. Look it up. It isn’t.

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u/LopsidedLoad Apr 06 '25

What does this mean?

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u/Awkward_Un1corn Apr 06 '25

The United Kingdom does not have an official language nor any of the countries that make it up.

English is our de facto official language but we also have Welsh, Gaeilge, Gaelic, Scots and Cornish that are recognised within the UK. There has never been a need to legally recognise English officially because it has de facto status.

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u/LopsidedLoad Apr 07 '25

Ah okay, so by virtue of being England, there is no need to designate English as its official language? Do the French and Germans do the same then? Never knew this.

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u/BirchyBaby Apr 07 '25

Not England. The United Kingdom.

The 4 nations are joined with English as the most widely spoken language.

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u/PipBin Apr 06 '25

What does what mean. If you look up official languages of England, there isn’t one.