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> English doesn't have a standard body It'd be wherever it wouldn't be a dialect, which to my mind is obviously british english. Other variations are regional
by krageon 6y ago
> English doesn't have a standard body
It'd be wherever it wouldn't be a dialect, which to my mind is obviously british english. Other variations are regional dialects born of distance and time.
- jgwil2 6y agoEvery variety of a language is a dialect; what OP means is that there is no governing body determining what constitutes "standard" English, like the Académie française. Rather, there is an informal standard used by the media and elites in every English-speaking country, making it a pluricentric language[0]. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluricentric_language https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluricentric_language