American English vs English

[jonesthecurl]

It's easy for US types to tap into British English. Just don't faucet.

[Symmetry]

Where do you pick this stuff up Saxi?

Another troublesome feature of English spelling is its tendency to develop different spellings for different meanings of the same word, as between flour/flower or metal/mettle

These are not the same words.

Now you're being homophonic.

Are you testing out material? I love puns, but that one won't work unless you have a crowd of English teachers.

[AslanTheKing]

DO YOU CALL THIS:
A - GARDEN
B - YARD
C - METER
D - FLUKENZERTORDORSENHOFFENMEIERSCHTELZER DER BLUME*

* Aslan



DO YOU CALL THIS:
A - GARDEN
B - YARD
C - METER
D - FLUKENZERTORDORSENHOFFENMEIERSCHTELZER DER BLUME*

* Aslan

The answer is D
but u made a spelling mistake, i will correct it for you

You wrote
FLUKENZERTORDORSENHOFFENMEIERSCHTELZER DER BLUME

but its
FLUKENSERTORDORZENHOFFENMEIERZCHTELSER DER BLUME

DO YOU MORON GET THIS?
its very dangerous in Germany to do spelling mistakes, ok ?
now do ZWEIHUNDERTUNDVIERUNDSIEBZIG-

LIEGESTÜTZENMITNUREINERHANDDUWEICHEIUNDSOHNEINERDUWEISSTSCHONWAS
and i forgive you

[Lootifer]

You have to give it time - the board's "u" and "ae" conversions took decades to take hold in the U.S. and progress has been even slower in the UK to adopt the more advanced form of English, as the UK Spelling Society explains:

Most spellings perceived by British readers as typically American represent a more advanced form of written English, which Britain is inclined to adopt hesitantly after an often lengthy delay. The simplification of AE to just E in words like encyclopaedia and mediaeval is now general in British usage, but many other words like anaesthetic (American anesthetic) have not yet been so cut. British reduction of -OUR to -OR likewise remains incomplete: Britain long ago Americanized inferiour, emperour, exteriour, governour, etc, but persists with dozens of forms like flavour, savour despite the misleading parallel with devour.

A first, minimal step towards managing the modernization of our archaic writing system would be to adopt at least a more permissive attitude to American spellings. Why, after all, should British children be denied the advantages enjoyed for well over a century by their American counterparts? Such an approach could be graduated as follows:

1. Least controversial would be to instruct British examiners not to penalize American forms.

2. More beneficial would be to instruct schools to teach phonically more predictable American spellings as standard, while still not penalizing the old British equivalents.

3. Most radical would be to rule that, after a certain date, the latter forms should be considered wrong. The time may not be ripe for that yet, but the possibility should be borne in mind.

http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/j21/usforuk.php

Fine.

You take metric system and i'll spell it color.

[saxitoxin]

A Mark Twain April Fool's joke, fun as it was, won't persuade me to change anything from King Arthur's Court.

Interesting dodge. Anyway, I'm sure hidden away in the basement of Balmoral is Lord Basil of Bassington, the 90 year old, heavily inbred, 7 foot tall, neckless cousin of the Queen who stoically still spells "governor" as "governour." Maybe you and Lord Basil can team up to warn Camelot how much they've already unwittingly adopted the American spelling reforms? Preserve the old ways, Symm!

[saxitoxin]

LIEGESTÜTZENMITNUREINERHANDDUWEICHEIUNDSOHNEINERDUWEISSTSCHONWAS

Question. How do you spell "that?" How do old people spell "that"?

- daß
- dass

[mrswdk]

lolz abound, crispybits. Keep up the good work.

[Dukasaur]

You have to give it time - the board's "u" and "ae" conversions took decades to take hold in the U.S. and progress has been even slower in the UK to adopt the more advanced form of English, as the UK Spelling Society explains:

some Communist propaganda

Glorification of laziness doesn't become you, saxi. Spelling encyclopaedia without the ae or valour is laziness, pure and simple, and there's no virtuous motive that can be ascribed to it. Laziness, and lack of respect for one's cultural heritage.

When I spell encyclopaedia correctly, I remember that it is a Latin word, and the Anglophone civilization of the 20th century is only borrowing it from noble scholars of medieval times. I may take a few minutes and think about Rabanus Maurus, humbly working away in his abbey, trying to assemble the sum of all knowledge for the benefit of all thoughtful men.

When I spell valour correctly, I am reminded that it is a Norman word, and I am magically transported to the company of Henry Plantagenet as he does penance at the tomb of Beckett, shedding all pretense and nobly accepting responsibility for the evils he has wrought.

The one who writes those words in their corrupt American/20th century guises thinks nothing of that. He only thinks of how fast he can finish writing them so he can go back to downloading porn on his Ipad.

The vulgarity of the 20th century is nothing more than a celebration of the ascendancy of the lumpenproletariat, and the cheapening of the language is just pandering thereto.

[saxitoxin]

You have to give it time - the board's "u" and "ae" conversions took decades to take hold in the U.S. and progress has been even slower in the UK to adopt the more advanced form of English, as the UK Spelling Society explains:

some Communist propaganda

Glorification of laziness doesn't become you, saxi. Spelling encyclopaedia without the ae or valour is laziness, pure and simple, and there's no virtuous motive that can be ascribed to it. Laziness, and lack of respect for one's cultural heritage.

When I spell encyclopaedia correctly, I remember that it is a Latin word, and the Anglophone civilization of the 20th century is only borrowing it from noble scholars of medieval times. I may take a few minutes and think about Rabanus Maurus, humbly working away in his abbey, trying to assemble the sum of all knowledge for the benefit of all thoughtful men.

When I spell valour correctly, I am reminded that it is a Norman word, and I am magically transported to the company of Henry Plantagenet as he does penance at the tomb of Beckett, shedding all pretense and nobly accepting responsibility for the evils he has wrought.

The one who writes those words in their corrupt American/20th century guises thinks nothing of that. He only thinks of how fast he can finish writing them so he can go back to downloading porn on his Ipad.

The vulgarity of the 20th century is nothing more than a celebration of the ascendancy of the lumpenproletariat, and the cheapening of the language is just pandering thereto.

While this is very eloquent, I have to admit I couldn't help reading it in the voice of Lord Summerisle from The Wicker Man. "Here the old gods aren't dead!"

[Dukasaur]

You have to give it time - the board's "u" and "ae" conversions took decades to take hold in the U.S. and progress has been even slower in the UK to adopt the more advanced form of English, as the UK Spelling Society explains:

some Communist propaganda

Glorification of laziness doesn't become you, saxi. Spelling encyclopaedia without the ae or valour is laziness, pure and simple, and there's no virtuous motive that can be ascribed to it. Laziness, and lack of respect for one's cultural heritage.

When I spell encyclopaedia correctly, I remember that it is a Latin word, and the Anglophone civilization of the 20th century is only borrowing it from noble scholars of medieval times. I may take a few minutes and think about Rabanus Maurus, humbly working away in his abbey, trying to assemble the sum of all knowledge for the benefit of all thoughtful men.

When I spell valour correctly, I am reminded that it is a Norman word, and I am magically transported to the company of Henry Plantagenet as he does penance at the tomb of Beckett, shedding all pretense and nobly accepting responsibility for the evils he has wrought.

The one who writes those words in their corrupt American/20th century guises thinks nothing of that. He only thinks of how fast he can finish writing them so he can go back to downloading porn on his Ipad.

The vulgarity of the 20th century is nothing more than a celebration of the ascendancy of the lumpenproletariat, and the cheapening of the language is just pandering thereto.

While this is very eloquent, I have to admit I couldn't help reading it in the voice of Lord Summerisle from The Wicker Man. "Here the old gods aren't dead!"

Bravo! Well played, sir! Well played indeed!



.... and one of my all-time favourite movies, too!

That is good, for believing what you do, we confer upon you a rare gift, these days - a martyr's death. You will not only have life eternal, but you will sit with the saints among the elect!

[Symmetry]

Shame about the Hollywood remake of it though. It does have a brilliant clip real though.



There might be a point about Americans recreating English things here, but I don't know.

[jonesthecurl]

Where do you pick this stuff up Saxi?

Another troublesome feature of English spelling is its tendency to develop different spellings for different meanings of the same word, as between flour/flower or metal/mettle

These are not the same words.

Now you're being homophonic.

Are you testing out material? I love puns, but that one won't work unless you have a crowd of English teachers.

Now you're just say-bashing.