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BrE??

I have never seen this abbreviation ever used for British English, it's often "English (British)" "EN-GB". It should be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marccarran (talk • contribs) 17:29, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Realise/ize

There's a picture on here comparing spelling differences between the UK, USA, Australia, and Canada. It says the UK sometimes uses the USA's 'ize' ending for words like 'realise'. I'm a Brit and have never seen this happen, nor have I known anyone to use it or even heard of the like. Surely it's inaccurate? Dyaluk08 (talk) 22:33, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's called Oxford spelling. It's common enough in certain academic imprints, but isn't 'standard' British English. Girth Summit _(blether) 22:36, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

External link

I have found a video about British accents (20 British Accents in 1 Video), but I do not know whether Wikipedia will accept it. תיל"ם (talk) 15:41, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Generally no. See WP:UGC Robynthehode (talk) 15:54, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey what are you talking about

Hey what are you talking about 172.56.6.46 (talk) 05:37, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Generally no. See [[WP:UGC]] [[User:Robynthehode|Robynthehode]] ([[User talk:Robynthehode|talk]]) 15:54, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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+Hey what are you talking about [[Special:Contributions/172.56.6.46|172.56.6.46]] ([[User talk:172.56.6.46|talk]]) 05:37, 1 December 2022 (UTC)