Yes
Of course
xDOriginally Posted by Del Mordor
What the hell is the problem with different cultures having their own unique spelling variations? American English and UK English have evolved separately over number of centuries. What do we possibly gain by deciding that everyone should be exactly the same?
US English was 'cleaned up' a couple of hundred years ago, and letters deemed unnecessary were cut from a number of words. Hence Marlboro and Pittsburgh instead of Marlborough and Pittsborough, as well as everything already mentioned in this thread. But erroneous spellings like "one" (which bears no resemblance to how it's actually proncounced) were retained.
Neither system is better, neither system is right, they are simply different, and people should just accept that instead of whining about how everyone should be like them because their own country's got the most nuclear weapons, or whatever.
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I don't know about everyone else in this thread, but I actually find it pretty fun debating this sort of thing, and only really do it in a light hearted manner.I don't think anyone is going overboard with anything.
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Yeah, really. I always used to make fun of Bleys for the "lieutenant" pronunciation.I don't know about everyone else in this thread, but I actually find it pretty fun debating this sort of thing, and only really do it in a light hearted manner.
Oh, and "cheque" really is a horrible word.
Last edited by Raistlin; 10-22-2005 at 08:17 PM.
Cheque mate.
I concur.I don't know about everyone else in this thread, but I actually find it pretty fun debating this sort of thing, and only really do it in a light hearted manner.
It's just some good ol' fashion talk.. .I mean... really. What else should we talk about? Favourite types of pudding? How much bleach we drank today? Possibly compare the amount of times we've been dropped on our heads? Or maybe just randomly spit out verbal barf.
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But reallyI don't think this needs to be hostile at all, just some playful, psychotic ranting.
Boldly go.
Yeah....so long as it doesn't get too bad, I can't see this being too horrible thing.
[Edit] Another legendary battle duked out....
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php...&word2=Oranges
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This thread is hilarious.
I like Kung-Fu.
Чорнобйл or Чернобыль?
Чернобыль for me, even though it is slightly harder to spell than Чорнобйл.
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And that/those words mean....?
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Why is it again that Americans are stereotypically seen as idiots?
The same reason the British and Canadians are?
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Yes, we're so dumb that we have to steal other nation's languages, take out letters because they make words too hard to spell, then arrogantly claim our versions are superior with no actual basis for such claims.
USA! USA! USA!
It those arrogant bastards that saved your asses in WWI and WWII
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