English or American
Last week a British man spoke to me in a train from Kawasaki to Kannai the other day. I was reading a book of Raymond Chandler, The Long Good-bye. He asked me if I could understand English. I said to him “Yes ” and he asked me how I studied English and if I could notice if he was a British or an American. I once worked with British and American in a company at the same time, and noticed a difference of the way of speaking – for me I suppose British speeks in a high tone rather American does.
When I met a British lady a long time ago, she said that English was spoken only in UK, and American was spoken only in the USA. She did not think that the language spoken in the USA was English.
I have studied English in many places – partially in the USA as well when I was 25years old, and once I got the way of speaking there, but since then I have talked with manny kinds of people on the glove on my business and now a day I suppose my English becomes a universal English. It should be one of major key to the world. We need, however, our neigborhood’s language both for fun and practical advantage.
Enjoy your learning of foreign language!