The original language, that is to say the language spoken by the people of its country of origin. As opposed to American English (aka 'Anglo-American') and worst of all Microsoft English (though there are a few others which vary from the original to a lesser extent).
The most notable change in the American variant of English is that it has hundreds of changes to spelling, mostly to make it more phonetic, though there are a few words which have been added or their definition changed.
Microsoft English is the language that Microsoft Word describes as 'English (UK)', and remains a mystery to us mortals. No-one knows what the f*ck it is, but it's certainly not quite the same as anything else. I really want some of whatever the programmers were smoking when they made Microsoft Word's spelling/grammar checker (emphasis on the grammar check).
The most notable change in the American variant of English is that it has hundreds of changes to spelling, mostly to make it more phonetic, though there are a few words which have been added or their definition changed.
Microsoft English is the language that Microsoft Word describes as 'English (UK)', and remains a mystery to us mortals. No-one knows what the f*ck it is, but it's certainly not quite the same as anything else. I really want some of whatever the programmers were smoking when they made Microsoft Word's spelling/grammar checker (emphasis on the grammar check).
Person A - "WTF?! Look at this grammar 'correction'!"
Person B - "Whoa! What's that all about? I wish MS would just use English English!"
Person B - "Whoa! What's that all about? I wish MS would just use English English!"
by Zadok13 May 26, 2007
"The dude was all lik "blam", and i was jus "ya know" and it jus went down"
"Can you say that "in english" please?"
"Can you say that "in english" please?"
by Danny Ramirez December 17, 2006
the most expressive language on the face of the earth. although widely insulted for it's strange spelling and grammar, no other major language on earth can convey ideas as precisely or as diversely as the english language. This is largely because of the huge amount of words that make up the english language, which dwarfs the vocabularies of other languages by comparison.
it's name is derived from the anglo-saxons.
anglo-saxon--->anglish--->english
it's name is derived from the anglo-saxons.
anglo-saxon--->anglish--->english
as a kid i grew up speaking spanish. thankfully, i learned english and now i only speak spanish when i have no other choice.
by bobertdude December 4, 2007
by myselfmadeit June 2, 2006
to paraphrase from Pulp Fiction:
Sammy L. Jackson: "Hey brad, where you from?"
Brad:"What?"
SLJ: "What? hmm, do they speak english in what?"
B: "What?"
SLJ:"english, muthafucka, do uoi speak it?"
B: "What?"
SLJ: "Say 'what' again.." brandishes weapon
B: "What?"
SLJ: shoots B in arm.
Brad:"What?"
SLJ: "What? hmm, do they speak english in what?"
B: "What?"
SLJ:"english, muthafucka, do uoi speak it?"
B: "What?"
SLJ: "Say 'what' again.." brandishes weapon
B: "What?"
SLJ: shoots B in arm.
by muddy shnuckles April 26, 2005
by CougarSW2 November 18, 2004