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The English language in England refers to the English language as spoken in England. These forms of English are a subsection of British English, as spoken throughout the United Kingdom. Other terms used to refer to the English language as spoken in England include: English English, Anglo-English, and English in England. The related term "British English" has "all the ambiguities and tensions in the word "British" and as a result can be used and i... More

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