Opinion of American posters who post in British English

[politicus]

Yeah, that's pretty awful.

Ironic from a Euro writing in American English.

[politicus]

Yeah, that's pretty awful.

Ironic from a Euro writing in American English.

Wouldn't it be more ironic if I was writing in British English?

No, then you would be using the version from your own continent.

[politicus]

The absence of bloody in American slang is a bloody shame.

[politicus]

Imagine if all the Minnesotans, Iowans, and Californians [the states responsible for the "smart" American accent as non-Americans know it] decided to sick it on you Euro posters for embarrassingly wrong of American slang.

Southern accents are the only smart ones.

[politicus]

I fail to see why Antonio would be expected to write in anything but American English, seeing as that he has no native dialect of English and that he has lived in America in the past and will again in the future. Obviously I have no problem with foreigners using whatever version of English they feel most comfortable with.

Obviously for Americans to type in non-American English is a hideous affectation. I have made my feelings on this very clear in the past. If Americans hate their own native culture so much that they are unwilling to use its language, they are free to find some other place to live.

It is not that I don't think Antonio should be allowed to write whichever way he likes, but it is a bit ironic that he as a European dislikes Americans writing in British English and use American English himself.

In Europe - and in the majority of the world outside of the Americas - the English version of English is English. It is the norm among educated people and using American English signals you mainly have your knowledge of English from US pop culture. So even if Antonio has lived in America it is a bit weird for me that an intellectual French guy writes in American English (I associate European academics using American English with faux solidarity with the working class. It is the kind of thing rich Trots do).

Your intolerant view of Americans that use British English ("love it or leave it") is a bit funny since your parents immigrated from a country that uses British English. It comes off as a bit over the top.

[politicus]

British English is British, not European. I certainly recognize that the pedagogical norm in Europe is to use British English, but that does not make it native to the continent.

Being British makes it European per defintion.

The status in Europe is that British English is the language of school and American English the language of entertainment  (and IT). Choosig to express yourself in American English has a certain signal value, whereas British English is the neutral option in most contexts.

[politicus]

I thought most euros speak American English? All the young euros I meet especially those educated in international schools have American twangs.

I was talking about written English.

Most continentals speak English with a mix of British and American phrases using their native accent. International schools are very unrepresentative.

If you want to get rid of your local accent it is generally easier to aim for an American accent.You can get closer to that than a British.