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icnelly · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Location: Bucheon

would English exist without German spelling, or Finish spelling, or what about french spelling?

Hey Brits, where you would be without that German sense of ambition? Who tore down your wall?

Hey Canadians, where would you be without the french (anyone from Quebec- that is the only province that matters, right?)

xeno439 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

stat · Joined: 22 Apr 2005

TOIEC's changing. No longer is it just U.S. English. From this year (iirc) British English and Oz English will also be included to reflect global realities.

tough *beep*.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

I will spell the British English way until the day I die.

Organisation, Colour, favour.

Only Americans spell the way they do in this world.

xeno439 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

British English = The Queen's English
American English = God's English

Ha ha. Sorry, couldn't resist.

kermo · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:33 am Post subject:

Seriously? No one else here has heard of how American English diverged? It was a rather passionate and intellectually driven movement at the time. I read about it in a Bill Bryson book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380715430/102-0588815-3209706?v=glance&n=283155
Noah Webster and Mark Twain were two of the leading minds behind this effort to conform spelling to phonetics. Without Webster's proposals we might still be spelling words like "musick" and "waggon."
This link might be useful.
http://www.foolswisdom.com/~sbett/history-SR.htm

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

That's funny.

"What's 'booty'"

"Oh. Thats a "trunk"'

Those British movies like "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" are quite entertaining, but what the actors are saying is another question.

xeno439 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

jinks · Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Location: Formerly: Lower North Island

AbbeFaria · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: Gangnam

Some of you people are unbelievably bitter and hostile. As much as you may not like it, American culture does saturate the market, as the other person said. I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing, it just is. It's only natural that the kids here are going to come across more American spellings than any other kind in their day-to-day activities. The US has been here for 50+ years.

And, just out of curiosity, what makes the British or Canadian spelling right? In the case of Brits who are this militant, is it just because you had it first? The only language that doesn't change is a dead one. You make it sound like dropping the "u" in color means you'll be annexed to the U.S., have to start calling football soccer, dismantle the parliment and exile the queen mum. All it is is something different. Everyone around here is so accepting of other cultures, no matter what crazy crap they do, except when it comes to the U.S. Then it's just "fuc# you guys, you all suck, take your Zee and shove it up your a$$."

Christ. Before I left the U.S. I held the rest of the world in awe. I couldn't wait to get out and look around. I had no animosity for any culture (except muslims) and it never entered my mind that I should be bothered by such a small and pathetic thing as a "u" or "s". It was a little weird for me when I'd see it, kind of quirky, but it sure as hell wasn't worth name-calling and personal attacks. For someone who has practically no hands-on experience with other cultures, some of you folks are horrible representatives for your respective countries.

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Dodgy Al · Joined: 15 May 2004 Location: Seoul

AbbeFaria · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: Gangnam

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I think that's going a bit far there, Abbefaria, but your basic point ("You make it sound like dropping the "u" in color means you'll be annexed to the U.S.") I agree with.