where did american-english come from?

You're partly right. Many of the American words, like "cookie" come from other ethnic groups that came to the US (cookie is Dutch) and some other words came from Native American languages. Then after the Industrial Revolution, they had to give names to the new technology that came about, while other English-speaking countries were giving the same things different names. This is why there's such a difference between modern words, like lorry versus truck and such.

As far as the spelling differences, Webster, who wrote the American dictionary, was a bit of a reformist and thought it best that he make philological changes to words. He wrote his dictionary in the early nineteenth century. Before he made his dictionary, the most widely-used one was written in the mid-eighteenth century and most of the spellings in it are still used in the UK and elsewhere.

Why the need for the cynical tone? Perhaps you should look at your own spelling (dictionarys?) before you complain about the way the US spells. It's natural for languages to change over time. There's a difference between Canadian French and the French spoken in France, too.

I hope this helped a bit. :)

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You must be from UK ? No

You don't have to compare England and America to ask this question.

In the UK they speak so many different types of English, its not funny.

Have a look in your own back yard, before you start a 3rd world war with the USA.

LOL

Cheers from DOWNUNDER, where we speak bloody Aussie.

PS

Happy Australia Day

A couple of guys standing on a street corner in Brooklyn.

I think if the two train himself to speak English were the same lose grace