Comment by Barrin92
1 month ago
>They're radically different because they're radically different regions.
They're radically different predominantly at the street level and everyday usage, but the kind of professional English of journalists, academics and writers that the author of the article was surrounded by is very recognizable.
You can tell an American from an Australian on the beach but in a journal or article in a paper of record that's much more difficult. Higher ed English with its roots in a classical British education you can find all over the globe.
That's not my experience at all. I can quite easily identify Kenyans, Australians and English from the way they write and they're all rather unique.
Go read some Kenyan news. It's very obvious.