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Like color , colour. Thats how they spell that word in England. I like to know that answer myself.

Maybe because they have a different delect of english then we do. They spell the words the old english way. Hay but thats great, and interesting.

I didn't want to hurt anyones feeling either. I don't know if thats the answer. The ones you need to ask are fast asleep. Maybe we will find out together when we wake up tomarrow.

Hi Susie...American version is favorite. UK version is favourite. ...some other examples...check or cheque. recognize --recognise. labor--labour. program--programme. theater--theatre. harbor--harbour. i could go on and on, but there are a couple examples.

French cognates are just as bad. Sometimes I still want to spell dance "danse."

For years I spelt "surprise" as "suprise" I was quite shocked when I found out I was misspelling it. I suppose we get a spelling in our head and somehow believe it's correct.

lady cop wrote: Hi Susie...American version is favorite. UK version is favourite. ...some other examples...check or cheque. recognize --recognise. labor--labour. program--programme. theater--theatre. harbor--harbour. i could go on and on, but there are a couple examples.
So if you write a cheque for $100, do you write a check?

And the absolute worst THRU instead of through or color instead of colour

This bastardization of the language of Shakespeare must stop. I am going to reclaim the language starting now.

posted by bothwell

And the absolute worst THRU instead of through or color instead of colour

This bastardization of the language of Shakespeare must stop. I am going to reclaim the language starting now.


See here pal we dinnae a' talk the same onyways sae dinnae get yer knickers in a twist aboot it. Life wid be awfy boring if we a spoke wi the same dialect. Most irritating thing is a the bbc commentators that cannae pronounce the letter r properly, shakespeare would be fair birling in his grave. Received pronounciation my arse. (pronounced correctly needless to say)

gmc wrote: posted by bothwell



See here pal we dinnae a' talk the same onyways sae dinnae get yer knickers in a twist aboot it. Life wid be awfy boring if we a spoke wi the same dialect. Most irritating thing is a the bbc commentators that cannae pronounce the letter r properly, shakespeare would be fair birling in his grave. Received pronounciation my arse. (pronounced correctly needless to say)


And also, the language of ye olde poete and playwrite is paste and gonne, wouldn'test thou agree, ye fellowes of Englande?

Received pronounciation is only spoken by the Queen, not by the rest of us! Lol!

The reason you Yanks speak differently can all be blamed on the Pilgrim Fathers!

They hated England and all she stood for, so they sailed away to the New Land on the Mayflower. Although, for reasons unknown, they were happy to take a lot of our place names with them, they decided they disliked England so much they didn't even want to sound like us...and so they adopted a very drawling manner of speech....which is why your accents are so different to ours today!

I'm also guessing they changed their spelling of our language, preferring to spell their words more phonetically. Our language has a lot of foreign words in it, based on all the times our country has been invaded throughout its history! Also, language changes constantly and Americanese must have changed much in the last 400 years! It's only now, with transatlantic travel becoming so common, that our languages are once again beginning to intermingle!

We also spell our words with a letter 'u' which you often miss out. Does this mean you spell "our" as "or"? And I won't even ask about "hour"! Lol!

Oh and btw, we spell favourite as favourite, not with 'ate' at the end! That was another mispelling and misnomer. Sorry.

:-2

Americans are known for their ruthless (and often times rude) efficiency. Thus, we couldn't be bothered to spell our words with twelve million silent letters. Colour? What the heck do we need that u for? And so we downsized the word. Color. It's like the size 2 version of the original word.

theia wrote: For years I spelt "surprise" as "suprise" I was quite shocked when I found out I was misspelling it. I suppose we get a spelling in our head and somehow believe it's correct.


Thei you bring up an interesting point I always notice, do you guys really spell it as spelt? instead of spelled? Here Spelt is a kind of grain.

minks wrote: Thei you bring up an interesting point I always notice, do you guys really spell it as spelt? instead of spelled? Here Spelt is a kind of grain.


That we do...

on a similar note, do you say 'dreamt' or 'dreamed'?

Ahem, Americans have perfected the English Language, just as we have perfected the Democratic form of government. The poor British are stuck in the past.:wah:

Jives wrote: Ahem, Americans have perfected the English Language, just as we have perfected the Democratic form of government. The poor British are stuck in the past.:wah:


Ouch!

You're just jealous cos Britain is where the history comes from! :p

ArnoldLayne wrote: Well, the nerve.

Perhaps you could elucidate dear man, because George Dubbya has shown me otherwise.

Priceless :wah:


Good point, well made! Bravo that man!! :wah:

The second month is Febuary

Get a book at the Libary

If you cut yourself you might blood all over the floh

More than one of you is ya'll or you'uns

Gimme a sec & i'll think of moe!

I can't help you, Bothwell, because I don't speak English but American.

My grandmother taught me how to spell correctly (according to the wild colonial language). She gave me lists of unrelated words (not smart, art and fart!) and made me spell them out, then gave them to me again and again, each time in a completely different order. I learned each word as a separate entity, which is the only way to learn English (or American), since it is a creole language, a combination of a number of earlier tongues, and there are no completely consistent spelling rules.