Why are the English languages in the US and the UK slightly different from each other?

Answer 1

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It started off as an act of defiance then became a cultural difference between the two countries once America gained independence from England 

Answer 2

Thousands of miles between them. Immigrants left England behind and kind of got stuck in a language time-warp for a while, until the more multicultural USA started making progress as a significant world power and British English started to pick up American English words.

Answer 3

Slightly!!!!! I have to put the subtitles on to watch Hollywood films and I’m English 

Answer 4

The were far apart so their language evolved with different words and spellings over the years. 

Answer 5

those are different langruages