British English is standard, correct and REAL! American English is 2nd hand version of English - International English, badly pronunced, spelt wrong, full of made-up words and simply WRONG! No bias in my answer what so ever! hehe

As Richard said, British English is standard. There are difference in pronunciations and spelling. In case of American english, the usage of 'z' is more prominent where British English uses 's'. Realize - Realise and so on. And also American English does not use the alphabet 'u' much when it comes with o Favor - Favour In case of pronunciation also it is very different as Britishers pronounce every word clearly while the Americans dont stress on every word. Hope this helps

I can only agree with the first two answers here. Whilst they are similar they are not the same. As an Indian yourself you know there are many languages in India and if you understand one you are likely to understand some others through similarity. This is also true of English. American English is an offshoot of original English. The differences are minor but are definitely there . Rightly or wrongly I understand that American English is often taught to students abroad. In my opinion why drink from the sea when you can drink from the pure unpolluted spring.