US English?

} Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they } speak in America? Would it be "the president's English"?

Here in America, where some two-thirds of the native speakers reside, it's just English. A modifier is only needed for minority varieties.

} I remember a while ago, one of the US presidents visiting a school. He bent } down, before the cameras, and

[nq:1]Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in America? Would it be "the president's English"?[/nq]
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[nq:1]} Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they } speak in America? ... America, where some two-thirds of the native speakers reside, it's just English. A modifier is only needed for minority varieties.[/nq]
Not quite true. When speaking of major varieties such as varieties identified with a particular country we use modifiers: "American English," "Canadian Engl

In our last episode,
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broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in America? Would it be "the president's English"?[/nq]
Heaven forbid.

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[nq:1]} Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they } speak in America? ... over the Atlantic should buy a dictionary! That's pretty funny. Stick around and see if you can contribute something here.[/nq]
The stupid expression "the Queen's English" does have one moderately useful function: it indicates a version of English which most British speakers don't use, don't

[nq:2]} Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". ... just English. A modifier is only needed for minority varieties.[/nq]
[nq:1]What the OP called "the Queen's English" that is how it is usually capitalized is probably best described as "Standard British English with Received Pronunciation."[/nq]
I haven't heard 'Queen's English' used as a descriptor of pronunciation. I know the term

[nq:1]Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in America? Would it ... down, before the cameras, and told a schoolboy he had made a spelling mistake: "You forgot the 'e' in 'potatoe'".[/nq]
He didn't bend down, he tripped over the stump of a cherry tree.
John Dean
Oxford

[nq:1]Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in America? Would it be "the president's English"?[/nq]
Just "English". Or "good English". Although it is pretty much only used negatively: "That's not good English."
Whereas you have probably been on one or t'other end of this exchange:

"What abominable language! Don't you know the Queen's English

[nq:1]Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they speak in America? Would it be "the president's English"?[/nq]
"Independent, unadulterated English"!
[nq:1]I remember a while ago, one of the US presidents visiting a school. He bent down, before the cameras, and told a schoolboy he had made a spelling mistake: "You forgot the 'e' in 'potatoe'".[/nq]
At least

[nq:1]} Here in the UK we speak "the queen's English". So what the heck do they } speak in America? ... America, where some two-thirds of the native speakers reside, it's just English. A modifier is only needed for minority varieties.[/nq]
Hear, hear! You tell 'em, RJ!
[nq:1]I suggest that you do not remember that at all. He wasn't a US President, he didn't bend down, and he made fewer mis