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Anonymous asked in Social ScienceOther - Social Science · 1 decade ago

Do people in England speak English?

cuz in the united states we speak american. how much different is american from english if the people in great england speak it? if great england is made up of norway, france, ireland, scotland, and britain, how come french speak france language and us americans speak american? im confused cuz i really want to read harry potter but it was written by a person from england and i dont speak english, i speak american. help!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Sir

    You raise an interesting point one that I am not able to answer fully. The best person to ask is the Queen herself, she visits all of her subjects on Tuesdays (unless it is a Bank Holiday week then it is Wednesday). She'll be the one with the unicorn and lion, you can't miss her.

    Source(s): Common sense
  • 1 decade ago

    1.we speak English in america. 2.In France they speak French and they're their own country 3. Norway is it's own country to. 4."great england" and Britain are the same country but they have many names

    5. are you on medication??? 6. how freaking old are you??

  • 8 years ago

    Yea, people like me from "England" can speak English. English was first born in England okey!!

    We use French in our English because it sounds beautiful and it makes sense to us.

    American English is like our old English but modernized. It also has a bit of Latin but I don't know Latin so yeah just read it (harry potter) and find words you don't know (my bit of advice)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If this isn't a joke then you need help ma'am. This is by far the dumbest most ignorant question I have ever read, and I have read A LOT. I assume you mean United Kingdom which if I am not mistaken is England, North Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Not to be confused with Great Britian (which you obviously did) which holds most of England, Scotland, and Wales. America, and England, along with a multitude of other countries speak English. Terminology is different (ie, a lift in other places is an "elevator" in the US. As far as your reference to Norway check this link or, take a world history class http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway. It truly saddens me to see posts like this. I am not ignorant, as you are. However I get lumped in with the generalized statement that Americans are stupid. By the way, just thought I would throw in that French people (those who live in France) speak French, not "France Language".

    Seriously, if you are still in school, PLEASE start paying attention. When it comes to intelligence your genes are weak enough as it is, God help your future children, provided you don't already have them.

    Source(s): A higher than 2nd grade education
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  • 1 decade ago

    american isn't a language lol, americans speak english, england speaks english sometimes the old fashioned way and they use other terms like britain people call masturbators wankers and americans call them jack offs. england gave us the english language.

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    1 decade ago

    No, in the US we speak English, not American. In England they speak English. The other countries you speak of are in Europe, not England. They speak their native language as well as many others, including English. You need to get a globe.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I saw this as a demotivational poster and had to see if this was a real post. Unfortunately for mankind, it is. While American isn't a language, Geography is a school subject. Take it!

    Source(s): Common sense
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    lol American isn't a language, the UK is made up of Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales and harry potter was written in english(that's the language you wrote the question in by the way) by a woman from Scotland

  • 7 years ago

    I would like to say to anyone out there who reads this, I am deeply ashamed of this persons ignorance and if I was ever to meet them I would gladly punch them in the face. Please understand not all Americans are this severely mentally defective.

  • 7 years ago

    Trollll

  • 1 decade ago

    OMG... I just replaced my monitor because I thought this was fake or something and spewed coffee all over my original one... Where do I send my bill for the replacement monitor? On a more serious note, Google is your friend... learn to use it, please... for the rest of our sakes and all of humanity. I don't want to die knowing that someone actually put this up on a Yahoo Answers forum... unless this is some kinda joke, in which case... you get +1 internets.. otherwise I'm so ashamed...

    Best laugh for me today!!! :D

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