Why do we say, " The queens english" do speakers of the english langauge use different words?

Question

Has her majesty copywritten the english langauge? Will we have to learn another new langauge to avoiod paying copy right royalties?

Answer 1

The phrase "the queen's english" is actually used to describe an accent rather than a variation on the language itself. It's true that some dialects of English have different words to others, but primarily, the English language remains basically the same throught the whole country.

The Queen's English refers to the accent spoken primarily by people in the south of England, in which all of the words are pronounced correctly, with no slang or street words spoken. Typically, the Queen speaks using formal English, hence the phrase "the Queen's english".

England is a strange place in that you only have to travel about 30 miles in any direction, from any location, and you'll hear a different accent.

Answer 2

The Queen's english is used to describe how people in England talk.

Answer 3

This phrase first appeared as "The Queen's English!" during the reign of Queen Victoria and was part of a royal household offensive to persuade the British that the royals were English and not German.

During the early days of the BBC under Lord Reith, its meaning changed to denote a formal and soulless way or speaking English to fit the beliefs of the strict Reith.

Answer 4

We use the phrase in the states meaning that it's British english...rather than American english.  Yes, english speaking people use different words to mean the same thing..England-vest, American-undershirt.  England-boot of a car American trunk. England-Loo American-toilet. England knickers, American underpants..etc. American idioms are very different.  We use a lot more.  There are even different english words used in the north and south of the states to mean the same thing.

Fun way to communicate between countries...lol

Answer 5

The queen's english is a specific accent of pronunciation called received pronunciation. it shows a great deal about the persons social and education background. it used to be that very prestigious schools like Oxford and Cambridge used this received pronunciation, but now a days they don't require this. A person using an received pronunciation accent will typically speak standard english although the reverse is not necessarily true. So basically, the queens english is standard english spoken with a specific accent. i hope this answers your question.

Answer 6

The "queen's english" was an expression used to denote a rather peculiar pronunciation and inflexion of of English words which was considered the correct way of speaking in "polite" society.

It was nothing like the accents of the majority of English people.

The reason for this is that the British Royal Family are of German origin and their speech was heavily influenced by German pronunciation.

Indeed, some of the early German kings of England could only speak their native language and even in the reign of Queen Victoria the preferred language at court was German.

The Queen's grandmother, Queen Mary,  was German and always preferred to use that language.

If you get a recording of the Queen's speeches from the 1950s and compare them with her English today, you will see that she has improved remarkably.