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 Map showing phonological variation within England of the vowel in bath, grass, and dance. Plantilla:Legend Plantilla:Legend Plantilla:Legend Those in the north generally pronounce such words with a short vowel whereas those in the south use a long vowel |
British English (or BrEn, BrE, BE, en-UK or en-GB)en-GB is the language code for British English , as defined by ISO standards (see ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) and Internet standards (see IETF language tag).</ref> is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English "as spoken or written in the British Isles; esp[ecially] the forms of English usual in Great Britain", reserving "Hiberno-English" for the "English language as spoken and written in Ireland". Nevertheless, Hiberno-English forms part of the broad British English continuum. Others, such as the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, define it as the "English language as it spoken and written in England.".
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