Commonwealth English

== English == === Noun === Commonwealth English (uncountable) (uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, sometimes excluding Canada (especially in the context of pronunciation); always excluding the United States of America. (i.e. non-American English) 2008, Icon Group International staff, Disturbances: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases, Icon Group International, p 384 * Amnesia (or amnaesia in Commonwealth English) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. * entry adapted from: (rare) The group of varieties of English used in the ex-colonial member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, in distinction to the varieties used in Britain itself ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Commonwealth English. ==== Synonyms ==== (variety of English used in the UK and former colonies): British English ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “variety of English used in the UK and former colonies, excluding North America”): North American English (“Canada and U.S.”), American English (“U.S.”) (variety of English used in the U.S.)