i WONDER WHY ALL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH DO NOT TEACH THE SAME ,, HOW MANY ""ENGLISHES ""DO YOU KNOW

Replying to [opalcutter]:Opalcutter,there are many versions of English-which I can contest to.
Although I have,normally,a very strong Cockney accent,I've lived abroad for so long I think it's a standard English voice I speak in.
My brother and sister are bemused when I 'phone them-often asking what I'm on about.
However,whenever I go to the 'States,especially NYC,the natives assume that I'm South African.
Don't understand it myself,although I can't differenciate between Kiwi and Oz,but I can tell between US and Canadian (ask them to say "about").

Replying to [Englishman in Shenzhen]:You said it


Juts try Philippines and Vietnam forget the acent but the way the teachers have tought the terms and how the words are used in both oral aand the written word