Let be known to all concerned that I have high regard for the English people and government. Recent comments by me were tongue-in-cheek in response to friendly (I hope) anti-American comments. In no way were they meant to offend. In regards to the language, however, I will venture to say that there is NO "correct" English. Even the English have a hard time understanding many of their own countrymen (countrypeople?). Dialects creep in no matter how large or small the population. Take a look at Ireland. It is a small island with a smallish population, but there are at least 4 distinct dialects of English spoken. If you get into Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) then there are at least three dialects of that. "Language is a social phenomenon. In America — as anywhere — it’s shaped by contact, conflict and incredible cultural complexity." according to noted linguisitics professor Dennis Baron. And because it is a social phenomena subject to influences of new cultures, technologies, fads and a host of other things, it is always changing, adapting, evolving. And so I offer that the English spoken in London is no more "pure" or "correct" than English spoken in Boston, New York, San Francisco or Topeka. They are all English.