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Michaelangello - 2004-12-07
In response to simple is as simple does (The Observer)

No, you can not count those countries because most nations do not consider many of those countries true speakers of English.

It is most commonly accepted that the UK, USA, Canada, Austraila, New Zealand, and sometimes South Africa are considered true English speaking countries.

If you notice most English schools are not looking for teachers from the Bahamas or one of the many African Nations.

Count the population of the countries that are considered true native speakers of English. You can't consider people from India as speakers of British Engish, and you can't count people from Saudi Arabia as speakers of North American English. Only count the countries that the majority of ESL teachers are from, which are: UK, USA, Canada, Austraila, and New Zealand. The are many foreigners in all of these countries that are not native speakers, so it equals out. And as you can see, the numbers are in the majority of North American style English.

North American Style English: English dialect spoken in Canada and United States.

Queen's English: Style of English spoken in the UK.

Most Austrailains speak a dialect of Queen's English.

Messages In This Thread
CELTA and EU not so kind -- Michaelangello -- 2004-11-25
CELTA -- blaize -- 2004-12-28
CELTA again Response -- Michaelangello -- 2004-12-30
CELTA -- Caroline -- 2004-11-28
Celta in Toronto ans Canada -- Maria -- 2004-12-31
Oh bully for you -- The Observer -- 2004-12-31
Response to Caroline -- Michaelangello -- 2004-11-29
It is as it is... -- esl in asia -- 2004-11-29
Not So Fast..there IS another side -- gharwell1 -- 2004-11-29
Let's stay away from this and stick to esl -- esl in asia -- 2004-11-30
All these things and more.......... -- William Box -- 2004-12-31
Nice cut and paste job Bill -- esl in asia -- 2005-01-02
Sudan's oil - Sudan is UK's Problem -- gharwell1 -- 2004-11-30
eh? -- Dos -- 2004-12-01
CELTA and Trinity -- esl in asia -- 2004-11-25
Response to esl in asia -- Michaelangello -- 2004-11-29
What can we deny you? -- gharwell1 -- 2004-11-25
Response to Gary -- Michaelangello -- 2004-11-29
Free For All -- gharwell1 -- 2004-11-29
Is that so, huh -- esl in asia -- 2004-11-30
Wot about the other way around? -- Ferpectly right -- 2004-11-30
us work visas...a joke! -- blaize -- 2004-12-28
That's it. Things are much harder a expensive in Canada -- C and T -- 2004-12-31
Why -- Eric -- 2004-12-31
Because.. -- Dos -- 2004-12-31
Response -- Eric -- 2004-12-31
Response to Fe. Right -- Michaelangello -- 2004-12-06
Still easier in the US to work -- esl in asia -- 2004-11-30
Get real -- The Observer -- 2004-11-29
I mean Mich -- The Observer -- 2004-11-30
Response to the observer -- Michaelangello -- 2004-12-06
simple is as simple does -- The Observer -- 2004-12-06
Response to Observer -- Michaelangello -- 2004-12-07
got me there -- The Observer -- 2004-12-08
Response yet again -- Michaelangello -- 2004-12-12
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