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Why isn’t ‘American’ a language?
Why does American English take such liberties with our common tongue? On the other hand, why has it not taken more liberties? English speakers first started colonising America more than 400 years ago. Since then, American English has been evolving, influenced by other languages, culture and technology. As the linguist Max Weinreich said, a language is a dialect with an army and a navy; the US has been an independent country...
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This article lacks a point. It seems like a weird rant for no real reason.