{"id":4550,"date":"2017-10-23T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:22:30","slug":"out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-bye-british-english-ello-euro-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-bye-british-english-ello-euro-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the Old, In with the New: Bye British English, ‘Ello Euro-English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brexit has been blamed for all manner of things: changing trade routes, price increases, you name it. However, one of the latest things it stands accused of is the eventual dilution of the purity of the English language and the rise of something called Euro-English. Wait, what? Isn't that just English? Well, sort of. It is a hybrid (or bastardisation, depending on how you view it) of internet-speak, simplified language, and\u00a0American English. Want to know more about what Euro-English<\/i> actually means? Join us!<\/p>\n

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A not-new language<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euro-English, despite what the Brexit doom-and-gloomers would like us to think, has been on the rise for, well, decades, probably. It is a fusion, a common ground for both native and non-native English speakers to converse in, and for the most part, is nothing but the language that we already know and use.<\/p>\n

Phrases that are grammatically \u2018wrong\u2019, such as we were six people at the restaurant,<\/i> in place of there were six people at the restaurant<\/i>, have become commonplace for continental Europe. As have statements such as I am coming from Germany<\/i> instead of I come from Germany<\/i>. Teachers of English as a foreign or second language will often tell their students the \u2018correct\u2019 way to use English to get them through their exams, but even they have become used to hearing phrases like these ones without flinching too hard.<\/p>\n

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It's still English, though. What\u2019s different?<\/b><\/p>\n

In short\u2014nothing. It\u2019s still the same English language that has been evolving in all manner of ways since English<\/i> first \u2018began\u2019. But it has nuances now, more universal expressions, and to be honest, is not so different from the English you\u2019ll see used on the internet every day; change can be a good<\/i> thing, not an abomination or something to fear!<\/p>\n

There are even some \u2018new\u2019 uses of words in Euro-English that standard<\/i> English is yet to come up with. Examples of which are: Berlaymont<\/i>, which means bureaucracy. Eventual<\/i> as a synonym for possible<\/i> or possibly<\/i> (how very positive-thinking!). Conditionality<\/i> meaning conditions<\/i>. And semester<\/i> meaning six months<\/i>\u2014not to be confused with the fifteen-week period in the American academic calendar.<\/p>\n

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English comes in different flavours (or flavors)<\/b><\/p>\n

It might not be something the average English speaker will consider, but English teachers are all too aware of the different types<\/i> of English that it\u2019s possible to learn (and teach). There\u2019s industry-standard English with things like Aviation English, and a hundred different ways to attempt to make a business English lesson more interesting. But what\u2019s more complicated, and often leads to confusion (or even hilarity when words have different meanings depending on the continent you\u2019re on), is the native variation; should you learn Australian English? British? American? Which is best<\/i>?<\/p>\n

Learning a new language? Check out our <\/b>free placement test<\/b><\/a> to see how your level measures up!<\/b><\/p>\n

Euro-English has long adopted American English as its preference. It\u2019s easy to see why when so many of our favourite shows are from America. And though it might seem odd when British English is sat there on Europe\u2019s doorstep, American English does have quite a bit more going for it; it\u2019s the \u2018standard\u2019 English used on the internet (around 70% use American instead of British English online), for the most part has easier, more logical spellings, and generally is less stiff upper-lipped about how grammar is used.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s where Brexit may play a part in that<\/b><\/p>\n

With the UK as part of the EU, it\u2019s been easy to persuade other nations that British English is the way to go, and to demand that others adopt British language conventions. But with the UK leaving, that leaves only five million native English speakers within the EU, and even countries like Ireland and Malta who have English as one of their official languages would prefer that something other than English is used as the EU\u2019s lingua franca.<\/p>\n

The celebrations the French had post-Brexit referendum must have been immense.<\/p>\n

But will French see a resurgence in interest in its beautiful tongue? Should German or Spanish replace the language of the country so desperate to be independent? It seems unlikely. English has a better chance of remaining as the unofficial lingua franca <\/i>of, well, many things, including the EU, because of its widespread use globally. If we think of English as a tool rather than a language, it\u2019s easy to see why so many would be reluctant to give it up.<\/p>\n

That we will have to possibly adapt to seeing American English rather than British English on the world stage maybe a bitter pill to swallow for some. But surely adapting to a few less letters, or loosening up on our grammar politicking, is far less strenuous than having to learn an entire new language to converse in like non-natives do. Us native English speakers should consider ourselves lucky, whatever the outcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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