@wpeckham @melroy @ThermiteBeGiants Given that “Gannen” is the original version of the verb “to go”, I am glad to learn that you accept Geordie as the true standard bearer of the English language.

Or perhaps this is not what you meant?

In my experience, English is only enhanced by its encounters with and adoption by other cultures. That the language of Shakespeare was preserved longer in New England than in old, and the language of Dickens is closer to Australian than to modern British variants is well-known. Some of the more elegant English speakers I have known have been Kenyan, Sri Lankan, and Jamaican. Its wealth is in its diversity, a common enough lesson.