Unpopular opinion: American english is way better than British.

For me english is my second language and I like how Americans speak with clear diction.

British mumbling and thing we call “speaking with a hot potato in mouth” is sometimes so hard to grasp for me that I never grew fond of it.

Yet most schools are teaching british english here in Czechia and there is a clear obssesion with it.

I just don’t get it.

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American English doesn't always sound clean; black people or some damn Texan cowboys don't even try to speak "with clear diction".

From what I understand modern American English is closer to how people spoke 200 years ago.

I believe the "posh" accent (losing R's for example) originated in England and spread to some of the US East Coast (which had heavy trade with England) but not the rest of North America.

hot potatoes in their mouth

Lmao!

Midwest English is the clearest

Bostonian English is just like what

Texan English is gentlemanly and not too over the top

Deep south is absolutely ridiculous

Canadian English is just funny to laugh at. "Aboot"

I adore brittish English. It's just awesome to listen to it. Once in Munich I asked in a pharmacy if we can talk in English and that young and very attractive woman dropped heavy brittish pronunciation. I asked, she studied at Cambridge and honestly, I'd switch teams for this chick in a heartbeat. So sexy. And if you count in also Bavarian german, well, I could be taking this piece of human home right away. 👀😅

Totally agree😁

No way, British english is sooooooo way better and easier to understand.

British english is better

It's just a question of habits. You were probably in an AmE environment thanks to movies or YouTube videos. Maybe your main language also has more sounds in common with it.

As for teaching, I think BrE is taught in geographical Europe since it's closer to England, which is also "the founder" of the language. Plus, Received Pronunciation (the standard pronunciation) is heavily based on BrE.