No Such Thing as STANDARD ENGLISH

[MW]

The British Council would have us all believe that British English is THE standard English to be used as the international language of commerce.

Yet, every country that adopts English as its official or unofficial L2 develops its own variation.

Anglish ('purified' English); Benglish (Bengali English); Chinglish (Chinese English); Czenglish (Czech English); Danglish (Danish English); Dunglish (Dutch English); Engrish (Japanese English); Finglish (Finnish English); Franglais (French English); Denglisch/Germlish/Genglish/Ginglish/Germish/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English); Hebrish (Hebrew English) - also sometimes used to refer to English written with Hebrew characters; Hunglish (Hungarian English); Italgish (Italian English); Japlish (Japanese English); Konglish (South Korean English); Poglish (Polish English); Porglish (Portuguese English); Punglish (Punjabi English); Rominglish/Romglish (Romanian English); Runglish (Russian English); Serblish (Serbian English); Singlish (Singapore English, multiple varieties); Spanglish (Spanish English); Swanglish/Kiswanglish (Swahili English); Swenglish (Swedish English); Taglish (Tagalog English); Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English); Vinish (Vietnamese English); Wenglish (Welsh English); Yeshivish (Yeshiva English) China EFL: The Four Great Lies China Holistic English

[MW]

What about 500 million British citizens and subjects, who speak,:
British English (BrE, BrEng)
Black British English (BBE); England (English language in England (EngEng)
Northern
Cheshire; Cumbrian (Cumbria excluding Barrow-in-Furness); Geordie (Newcastle upon Tyne); Lancastrian (Lancashire); Scouse (Merseyside); Mancunian (Manchester); Mackem (Sunderland); Northumbrian (rural Northumberland); Pitmatic (Durham and Northumberland); Yorkshire (also known as Tyke) In the far north, local speech is noticeably Scots in nature.
East Midlands
West Midlands
Black Country English; Brummie (Birmingham); Potteries (north Staffordshire)
Southern
Cockney (East London); East Anglian (Norfolk and Suffolk); Estuary (Thames Estuary); Kentish (Kent); Jafaican (Inner London); West Country
Scotland
Scottish English; Highland English
Wales
Welsh English
Ireland
Hiberno-English; Mid Ulster English
Isle of Man
Manx English
Channel Islands
Guernsey English; Jersey English
Malta
Maltenglish
Falkland/Malvinas Islands English

Do they trump the 1.2 billion people of India who speak:
Hinglish; Punjabi/Delhi English; U.P/Bihari English; Bengali/Assamese English; Oriya English; Gujarati English; Maharashtrian English; Kannadiga English; Telugu English; Tamil English

[MW]

What about the 300 million Americans who speak:
American English (AmE, AmEng, USEng)
Cultural
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE); Chicano English; General American; New York Latino English; Pennsylvania Dutchified English; Yeshivish; Yinglish
Regional
Northeastern dialects
Boston English; Hudson Valley English (Albany); Maine-New Hampshire English; New York City Dialect, Northern New Jersey Dialect (New York metropolitan area); Providence-area English; Vermont English; Philadelphia-area English; Pittsburgh English; Inland Northern American English (includes western and centralupstate New York); Wawarsing English; Northeast Pennsylvania English (Scranton, Pennsylvania-area)

[MW]

Mid-Atlantic dialects
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area Accent (D.C. Slang); Baltimorese; Tidewater accent; Virginia Piedmont; Virginia Tidewater; Inland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, the suburbs of Chicago, part of eastern Wisconsin and upstate New York); The Chicago accent; Buffalo English
North Central American English (primarily Minnesota, but also most of Wisconsin, the Upper peninsula of Michigan, and parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa; Yooper dialect (the variety of North Central American English spoken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and in some neighboring areas)
Midland American English
North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio); St. Louis dialect; South Midland (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania)
Appalachian English; Southern English; Coastal Southeastern (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)
Cajun English; Harkers Island English (North Carolina); Ozark English; Piedmont Dialect; Southern Highland English; Florida Cracker Dialect; Gullah or Geechee; Tampanian English; Texan; Yat (New Orleans); Western English; California English; Utah English; Boontling; Hawaiian English; Pacific Northwest English

Do they trump the 1.4 billion Chinese speakers of Chinglish?

[MW]

"Standard English" is the Colonial linguistic Imperialism of the British Council.
China EFL: English as the modern day trojan horse
http://chinaenglish.com

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by MW

"Standard English" is the Colonial linguistic Imperialism of the British Council.
China EFL: English as the modern day trojan horse
http://chinaenglish.com

I don't know who or what the British Council is, nor do I care much, but they are not the owners of the term "Standard English" either.
Are you wanting a discussion, or just posting propaganda?

[MW]

Originally Posted by Raymott

I don't know who or what the British Council is, nor do I care much, but they are not the owners of the term "Standard English" either.
Are you wanting a discussion, or just posting propaganda?

Hey mate -

Who coined the phrase Standard English?

Who claims that English is GB's greatest export ever?

Who is the driving force behind English as the international language of commerce?

Let's discuss.

[Raymott]

Originally Posted by MW

Hey mate -

Who coined the phrase Standard English?
Um ... the British imperialist dogs?

Who claims that English is GB's greatest export ever?
Er ... the evil limey Queen-loving Brits?

Who is the driving force behind English as the international language of commerce?
Um, the Jews? No, wait ... The capitalist running dogs of British neo-imperialism in conspiracy with the Great Satan USA, and other post-colonial slave-dog Anglo-worshipping states like Canada and Australia?

Let's discuss.

OK.

[MW]

Funny stuff!

[MW]

What do you have against the Brits?