I strongly believe that we should no longer accept Americanisms and that we should start using British English again. I know some may say that American English and British English are basically the same but no, it's not the same because we call things and spell words differently which makes our language 'British' English and makes theirs 'American' English. Little things like that make our language different from 'American' English.
Let me ask you this: do you really want our country to lose its own language and identity? No.
In fact, according to Daily Mail, "Britons are gradually abandoning traditional words for 'Americanisms' like 'awesome'". That may sound nothing at this point but imagine this, five years from now: everyone, I mean EVERYONE, is using words like 'movies', 'sidewalk', 'diaper', 'apartment' and 'vacation'. Also, *annoying* phrases like 'I could care less' and 'Can I get...'. Oh wait, how could I forget? Spelling words differently, for example: 'mom', 'color', 'favorite', apologize' and 'pediatric'. CAN YOU IMAGINE? I CAN'T AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO.
Every country has their own identity and speaks their own language which makes them unique but if we let Americanisms take over our country and kill our own language then we won't be one of those countries. Next thing we know our country is called 'Great America' or 'United States of Britain' or 'United States of America version 2.0' and I know none of us want that to happen.Some may say that it's just a language anyway and it won't even change anything but let me tell you that they're wrong. Why? It's because keeping our own language keeps our culture from vanishing and that's already a good reason to use pure British English instead of also using American English. Plus, we're in Britain so it's just logical to use British English.
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