Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:58:14 on Wed, 9
Feb 2005, Brimstone remarked:
But which version of English? Americans claim to speak Englsih, but
insist on deviating from the original.

Oddly enough, it's British English which has deviated from the
original, while American English has stagnated.

To be fair, I suspect that both preceeding statements have elements of
truth, depending on which words and phrases are being discussed.