Status of English

peculiarities
American English

and geographically widely spread language)
territorial regions
standard English, UK, Nothern Ireland

spoken habitually in:
United States, British Isles, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of South Africa, Liberia
and many other territories

millions more speak it as an additional language

spoken by over 300 million people as their native language

living and vibrant language

taught in the schools of every country

spoken in many countries as a native and as a second or foreign language
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

100 million people
as a foreign language

300 million people as a second language

a consequence of the political, cultural and economic dominance of the USA.
General American (GA) is the type of pronunciation spoken by educated Americans and known as the form of speech used in radio and television. It is mostly used in scientific, cultural and business communication.

of many words of French origin whereas Americans try to spell more closely to the way they pronounce words and they remove letters not needed, which makes sense to me.
honour honor gramme gram
favour favor cheque check
theatre theater grey gray
centre center pijamas pajamas
programme program cigarette cigaret
traveller traveler defense defence

the building
I’ll see you over the weekend
I haven’t seen her in ages

BrE
It’s twenty to four
It’s five past eight
It’s behind the building
I’ll see you at the weekend
I haven’t seen her for ages

UK is not considered
to be Standard English

Today the English has its variants around the globe in such regions as
Canada, the US, the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea