British, at their best, strive to speak perfect Queen’s English. Americans, at their best, strive to speak clearly.
I am having trouble evaluating this. It’s not good enough to be called a bon mot, even by my loose standards, but also perhaps not entirely stupid either.
If you discount some of the great dialogue in movies like “The Big Sleep”, Americans really have little tradition of repartee. At the same time, we tend to view language like food: a necessity.
Is even this right? I’m not sure. Do with it what you will.