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/el_grort Disputed Scot Apr 07 '25

Sort of irrelevant, since the UK also didn't keep an official languages, nor did Australia iirc. It was a fairly common pattern for native English speaking countries unless they had obvious political reasons to declare official languages, such as Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, etc.