{"id":28266,"date":"2023-07-24T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=28266"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:45:25","slug":"are-we-really-outnumbered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/america\/are-we-really-outnumbered\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we really outnumbered?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>While trying to find the correct spelling for the word &#8220;usable&#8221; (able to be used) I read on an American website that &#8220;there are more people using American English than British English&#8221; &#8211; bollocks I thought, as the word INDIA repeated over and over in my mind&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-O1zAQuzhqW9Xa2gXvbVKyg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-O1zAQuzhqW9Xa2gXvbVKyg.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-O1zAQuzhqW9Xa2gXvbVKyg-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-O1zAQuzhqW9Xa2gXvbVKyg-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-O1zAQuzhqW9Xa2gXvbVKyg-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So just how does the use of American English really compare to British English? Here are some rough figures:<\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>People speaking variations of British English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Indian English (125 million)*<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom English (67 million)<br \/>\nAustralian English (26 million)<br \/>\nNew Zealand English (5 million)<br \/>\nIrish English (5 million)<br \/>\nSingapore English (2 million)**<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total &#8211; 230 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>*India is the most populous country at 1.43 billion people (yes, slightly ahead of China as of 2023) but it&#8217;s hard to estimate how many Indians have some degree of English literacy &#8211; 125 million is considered conservative.\u00a0 **Same with Singapore (population 6 million) &#8211; estimate 2 million have some degree of English literacy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/population-by-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/population-by-country\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>People speaking variations of American English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">US English (335 million &#8211; just the US population alone)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If we also include Canadian English (38 million) that increases the lead even further. Damn I always hate admitting Americans are right, but they got me there!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Other large countries I haven&#8217;t taken into account here include Malaysia (British English) and the Philippines (American English)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And how is usable spelt? &#8211; either usable or useable are both correct! (the spell checkers are wrong!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/spelling-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And now I&#8217;ll make up for my anguish by including a few American memes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28266 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/america\/are-we-really-outnumbered\/attachment\/we-hate-math-dumb-americans-01\/'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/we-hate-math-dumb-americans-01.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/we-hate-math-dumb-americans-01.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/we-hate-math-dumb-americans-01-500x252.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/we-hate-math-dumb-americans-01-200x101.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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