Kaybee wrote:
One dialect is no more correct than the other and no one country owns a language; the English spoken in England is equally as correct as that spoken in the US, New Zealand, or even Singapore. In fact, in some ways, American English has changed less over the past couple of centuries than British English has, making it ever-so-slightly closer to the original shared ancestor. For example, American English still uses words such as "gotten," most variants are still rhotic (pronouncing Rs in words), and the American accent has changed less in general than the British one has. Of course, I'm not saying that American English is more correct than British English--simply pointing out how silly it is to say that British English is more correct or that England owns English. I would be fascinated to see a study which compares how English has evolved over time in each of the English-speaking countries (of which there are many).
I don't believe they are "equally correct", it depends where you are!
In my opinion English is English and American English is American English. Look at the confusion over the word "purse". There are also other words that cause similar confusion such as "pants" (in the UK they are "trousers") and "vest" ("waistcoat"). If a UK schoolchild went into an exam and started leaving the letter "u" out of words such as "colour" and "favourite" they'd lose marks for spelling. Contestants would also lose points on "Countdown"
There is definitely a difference.
I agree that a study on the evolution of "English" in different countries would be very interesting, and I would be very interested to read such a study!