01355383 Varieties of English and Cultures of English Native Speakers 04 | Page 15

This could cause a problem in communication,
especially between the government and the people
living in rural areas.
Therefore, it became the job of the Chancellery (or
‘Chancery’), which was the office in charge of making
laws and writing state documents, to choose one of
those variations to become the standard form of
English. This is known as ‘Chancery Standard’.