# Do we have to write in American English?

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**Created:** [June 7, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-write-in-american-english/542258 "2010-06-07T10:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-write-in-american-english/542258/13 "2010-06-07T14:50:07Z")

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For background: **Happy Poster** was in an MPSIMS thread about a mass shooting in England, and said the area where the shooting took place is known for:

> [@Mass Shooting in UK - 12 killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-uk-12-killed/541668/32):
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> 1. Fucking cunts sitting around in tailvans on bridges over M6

And one or two other things. I’m pretty sure most UK Dopers would find this to be at least in poor taste, if not offensive, considering it’s a discussion about a lot of people being shot to death. So I don’t see this as a dialect issue.

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