Who Speaks the Most Proper English?

If, as an American, you have lived in England (or vice versa) you surely realized we speak quite differently from one another. While a lot of us share the same ancestors our words have evolved with various distinctions. In all likelihood our ancestors spoke nearer the same than we do today. Knowing this I pose the question to you: who speaks more proper English?

A lot will quickly answer the British. After all English was their language long before America came around. Americans took it from the British and thus it is rightfully theirs. However, where did the British get it from? Was the English language invented out of nothingness? That would be quite doubtful. Regardless, it was from Great Britain that American received its language.

What do you suppose would have happened if the monarchs of British past had moved the crown from England to America? Would America's English now be the rightful one? After all if previous kings could foresee the relationship revolution between the two countries it is quite possible they would have vacated the throne from London. In either case it does not really matter as that is not what happened.

Through all of this, though, we still share the same ancestors. When Rome's capital moved to Istanbul did that make the new people of Istanbul any less Roman? Would their new, changing Latin not be considered correct among the rest of the Roman Empire? Who is really to say one dialect is superior to the other?

No one.

Each exists separately of the other. While one region uses one another uses something completely, but nevertheless important, different. People from Rome did not go to Istanbul telling people from Istanbul how to speak. Likewise, people from England should not go to America and make fun of our language differences.

Each country has its differences in the language. Take them for just that: differences. Our countries are not identical; if they were, then we might as well all be part of the same empire. If you ever go to your brotherly country please remember you words are not superior just as theirs are not either. Have fun and just laugh when someone says elevator instead of lift.