Back again. Sorry
Add to things geographical distance and it makes sense that the languages retain differences. I mean, it seems to me that in European nations, the UK English way is taught as the proper form of English. But I'm guessing in Mexico, the US English way is what is taught.
Pretty much exactly right. Although as in my example from Poland, it's not always the best way to do it.
It is a bit more complicated, because lots of people learn English for functional reasons, to communicate certain things with other people, who probably have also learnt English solely for that purpose. For instance pilots, who only need to learn a set block of phrases. And actually knowing more than that could even cause problems, for example in an emergency, if a pilot used words and phrases outside of the standard group, the air traffic controller might not understand.
Helga
