Varieties and types of English
Basic English noun
a simple form of English consisting of 850 words, as well as some international and scientific words. It was originally intended for use as an international language.
BBC English noun
the standard pronunciation of British English
Black English noun
a type of English spoken by some black people, especially in the US
British English noun
the type of English that people speak in Great Britain
cockney noun
a type of informal English that cockneys speak
ELF noun
English as a lingua franca: a form of English that is sometimes used as a way of communicating by people whose first languages are not English, and that has some features that are not usually considered to be correct in standard English
Estuary English noun
an English accent (=way of speaking) that many people from London and southeastern England have
Geordie noun
the type of English that people speak in northeastern England
Middle English noun
the form of the English language that was spoken and written from about 1150 to 1470
the Queen's English noun
the form of spoken and written British English that is considered correct by most people
Received Pronunciation noun
rp
RP noun
Received Pronunciation: a way of speaking British English that is considered to be the standard pronunciation in the UK
Scots noun
a variety of English spoken in Scotland
Standard English noun
the form of spoken and written English that is considered acceptable by most people
Strine noun
Australian English
World English noun
if a word belongs to World English, it is used and recognized by people in all the countries where English is spoken
World English noun
all the different varieties of English used in countries across the world
broken English phrase
if someone speaks in broken English etc, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well