Quotes about British,
Canadian & American English
"In
Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages without trying
to invent slang, so we just go right ahead and use English for literature,
Scotch for sermons and American for conversation."
"The
Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course,
language."
- Oscar Wilde
"The
American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of
expression while English seeks its lowly valleys." - Salvador de
Madariaga, Americans are Boys
"We
(the British and Americans) are two countries separated by a common
language."
G.B. Shaw
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