I don't know if it's actually true, but I was told that the native language used by the majority in the USA is now Spanish. That could be urban myth of course!
It's a myth, though certainly it feels that way sometimes.
It really is quite preposterous to consider the Colonies as true speakers of the mother tongue.......
Not if your'e referring to the "Queen's english." It's only superceded in ridiculousness of syntax by that of the biggest english speaking buffoon in the free world...George Bush (junior).
Do I sense a touch of post-colonial antagonism towards our green and pleasant land from SNS3Guppy?
No, just idly following up on a comment made earlier in the thread regarding the English speaking world.
If it helps, my immediate family is English, with my extended family Irish and Welsh.