English vs American English

Question

I find it amusing from this side of the pond. It is not good English here to say he's got a brother, he has a brother is more proper to the tongue. We ask how many siblings do you have? not have you got? Just usage, neither wrong.
There are numerous expressions I see you Brits use and we don't!

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Sandra !

Oops! I think that in this case it's not a UK/US difference so much as my English as a French native tends to be contaminated by every day colloquialisms.
Brits would also consider it less grammatically correct, and I'm going to do my best to change all these occurrences :)

Merci et à bientôt !

Answer

Hello, Aurélie. If it's coming from your French, then I understand why you use "got" so often. It is just funny to me! Makes me smile. You do a wonderful work, and I am learning a lot of common usage French that I never learned in high school in 1963-1965! The program makes me continue to practice the little idioms that I don't know. I murder the French language when I speak it, but I do communicate with those French people who don't speak English and are kind and patient with me. I am trying to improve! Thanks for your hard work. There are differences with British English and American English that I have noticed when traveling in England and watching the wonderful Brit Coms on TV.  I love the English on the other side of the pond!  Sandy