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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The predominant language on Bermuda is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermudian_English '''Bermudian English''']. It exhibits characteristics of English as spoken on the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States of America (especially in the region around Virginia), in the Canadian Maritimes, southern England, and parts of the British West Indies. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bermuda," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda#Languages, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
Standard English is used in professional settings and in writing, while vernacular Bermudian English is spoken on more casual occasions. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bermudian English," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermudian_English, accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
British English spellings and conventions are used in print media and formal written communications. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bremuda," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda#Languages#:~:text=British%20English%20spellings%20and%20conventions%20are%20used%20in%20print%20media%20and%20formal%20written%20communications., accessed 11 Aug 2021.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||