wikipedia pronunciation

[Tom Zurinskas]

You'll have to work out the "logic" with the British Council report:

Count of true native speakers of English.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_dialects1997.png
The British Council report from 2000 seems to be the newest and most reliable source. Dumbledore 12:08, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC).  Data (only true native speakers!):
                    American    British    Canadian    Australian    Other    Total
Percentage          67.2        16.9       5.8         4.5           5.5      100.0
Absolute (000s)     226,710     56,990     19,700      15,316        18,581   337,297

Look at a map of the USA.  England is about the size of Louisiana.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:53:48 -0500
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>> The majority form of English is USA English, because 70% of native English
>> speakers are in the USA.
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> Faulty logic here. (Plus, I would like to see the research on this.) What
> about those who learn English as a second language in places like China,
> India, and Europe? Are they learning American English, British English
> (Received Pronunciation), or some other dialect? What about the native
> English speakers in England, Australia, Canada, and other English speaking
> countries?
>
> Scot
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> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:43 AM, David Bowie wrote:
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>> From: Tom Zurinskas
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>>> My take is this. The internet is mainly written in English. It was
>>> invented by English speaking people. English is the lingua franca of
>>> the world. 95% of the scientific journals are in English, including
>>> the IPA journal which switched to English in 1970 after being created
>>> in France and published in French for 90 years. Thus the
>>> pronunciation guide used here should be English friendly. The IPA is
>>> not. The majority form of English is USA English, because 70% of
>>> native English speakers are in the USA.
>>
>> You invested in an asbestos company recently, i take it?
>>
>> David Bowie
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