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Please can someone explain this report to me??
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cqxjq7x17qzo

But this is a different language. They are not trying to speak uk English anymore than you are trying to speak pidgin English.

Speaking of 'actual English people', many global organisations use American English, not what you would call 'proper English' spoken by 'actual English people' anyway. There is no 'proper English'. Just accepted ways of writing and speaking that vary hugely across regions and oceans.

I edit routinely in both British English and American English and there is plenty of variance between them, both in terms of usage and grammar. If American English is the language of global business, then which English really is the 'proper' one? Maybe you're speaking the wrong one

There you go. They're two different things.

You've worked there too long, as we use aluminium 😂

Yes, 'aluminium' is what I said we use , like 'sulfur' it's the IUPAC standard spelling . We don't use either the American 'aluminum' or British 'sulphur'.

But it's always 'Color' not 'colour' etc.

But you'd put aluminium with sulfer, I was just pointing that out, being pedantic!

But you'd put aluminium with sulfer, I was just pointing that out, being pedantic!

You're missing my point- we're properly pedantic and conform to the internationally agreed standard spellings for elements. According to this, aluminium and sulfur are correct. This is an example of when - unlike most other variations - there is a defined 'proper' spelling.

Two different languages, two different purposes.

One is for living and working in the UK, becoming a surgeon, etc, etc.

The other is for 75m+ people in 15 countries who need to communicate with others who between them speak over 500 languages and multiple dialects.

PS - if people only spoke West African Pidgin, that would make it a Creole, not a Pidgin. Or is it just that their first/second/third languages don't count in your mind?

Oh OK, I thought you meant the spelling Americans use vs English!