Umbrella term used to denote a number of dialects spoken in the British Isles that vary primari1ly according to the regional and socioeconomic background of their speakers. ( also Cockney English) Hughes, A. and P.Trudgill. 1979. English accents and...

British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world.[1] British English encompasses the varieties of English used within...