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What language do they speak?0:01
In what countries do people use English as their native language?0:05
In many of them in Great Britain and the usa, Canada and Australia, New Zealand and some African countries.0:10
These are English speaking countries.0:20
So in all these countries people speak the same language, don't they?0:23
My answer is yes and no.0:28
People in all these countries speak English as a native language.0:31
But English in Australia or Canada, in the USA and New Zealand is quite different from British English.0:37
Is it?0:46
Do you mean to say that Americans and English people speak different languages?0:47
Oh no, they don't.0:52
They speak one and the same language in both countries and this language is English.0:54
But in America they speak American English and they speak British English.1:00
In Great Britain different words often name the same things.1:06
What do you mean?1:12
I mean that British pupils have holidays in summer and American students have vacations.1:13
British pupils start a school year in the autumn and Americans begin it in the fall.1:21
That's really very interesting.1:28
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