Board Thread:Admin Announcements/@comment-5843134-20140803080907/@comment-24553414-20140803190725

AmaranthineGov wrote: Personally, I beleive that we should use British English, and this is not coming from a Brit. I've lived in America my whole life, with American parents. American English is only native to America, while British English is taught everywhere else in the world. When German schools are looking for English instructors, they look for British English teachers. I believe it's only fair that we use British English, as it is used almost world-wide. And for those who do not know british lingo/terminology, you can learn. That argument is kind of invalid. Mostly because, despite the fact that most of the world promotes british english, American english is just as spoken and used as british english (British English with a lead of course). HOWEVER, if you want to compare english speaking populations just by their primary/first known language, American English wins over British English easily (even when you include the major commonwealth states). Also you can't make people learn different terminology. To go even further, forcing people to use certain words over other words is simply childish.

I have nothing against the use of British English, that's why I think it is best to compromise and initiate a "Native English" rule. But if we can't have that, then maybe we will have to have a British English and an American English community, just like how their is a Traditional Portuguese community AND and Brazilian Portuguese community. Of course, no one- including myself really wants that, because us active members like to interact with both people who prefer American English AND British English.