tieduptwelveyearolds wrote:Not exclusively two types. They are the most commonly spoken but you can get Australian or Canadian English. The grammar rules are almost identical in all variations though. That's GT's main issue.
True enough, but at the time Churchill made the statement, Canada and Australia were more closely connected to Great Britain. In eastern Canada, their English closely resembles British English, but go west, to Alberta and British Columbia, and north, into the Yukon, and it's closer to American English.
Australian English has its quirks and idiosyncrasies, but to the untrained ear, it is almost indistinguishable from British English. In written form, it's identical. They both add a "u" to "flavor" and "color,"
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