[anrakushi]

ChaChava, that is interesting you say that because at the University i studied at i didn't find that. i found many were learning american english spelling. one student had the biggest fake american accent, it was so funny. but she was such an america lover that she didn't want to talk with non-americans. >< taking things too far.

I'm sure some americans are going to not like my comment but personally i dislike written American English. Why did americans need to change things for themselves? why couldn't you just keep using British English spelling. the rest of Britain's past colonies have managed to do so. sure all have local slang, local accents etc but why change the spelling of standard words??

I work with a lot of ESL learners and the asian students in particular are taught American English. It us upsetting for me to see them using spellings such a mom, color etc as i believe in preserving English as close to how it is written in the mother land of the language. I do think it is confusing for those learning english that there are two ways of spelling so many words. you will see some students mixing the spellings together, sometimes using colour, sometimes color etc..

Now mind you it is not just a battle of English out there... you can look to Japan and see Kansai people not being too happy at all about the offically spoken Japanese originating from Kantou region. Many Kansai people i met while living there were angry about this and wanted their dialect as the standard. As it was the region of Japan's capital for most of it's history they told me feel a little robbed. I have to say i prefer the dialects of Kansai much more than those of Kantou.

I have nothing against the american accent except for the way you say can't, because that pronunciation is taught to the students i work with in their home countries and it sounds far too similar to can. we pronounce it similar to carn't so the sound is stronger and easier to distinguish in those ESL speakers. however in native speakers of American English i haven't noticed it being as hard to distinguish but i think learners have difficulty pronouncing it your way so it turns out similar to can.

Anyway we all have a preference to what form of a language we like. i met many japanese that liked british accent, australian accent american accent etc.. all have their merits and we all are entitled to like one more than the other. i personally dislike the standard Japanese and i use it as little as possible, i stick with a general Kansai dialect (mostly osaka-ben).

btw for the record both persi and coke suck... soft drinks are awful haha