British vs. American Spelling
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Tho why the baths are shorter makes no sense at all; wider, yes - but shorter?
Have you noticed that they walk on the right? Its probably because its hardly ever done and they confuse it with driving..........
Well, I don't show up to work until its correct in GMT.
They don't like that one.
Last edited by Xebedee; Apr 26th 2012 at 3:45 pm. Reason: fart.
#50
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I think it would be more reasonable to follow this guideline ... 'American spelling in America, British spelling in Britain'. That's what I end up doing. I guess if you are here in some capacity that does not require you to communicate professionally you can do whatever you want, but if you are working here and need to communicate, you will a) come across as someone with poor command of the language, and b) end up forever fighting with spell-checkers if you insist on using British variants. No doubt this will provoke a response that most Americans already have a poor command of the language ...
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Yes, I'm writing documents for my previous UK employer and I either try to avoid variants or end up "correcting" them. One day I'll find the switch to make Word think in different languages.
#52
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I think is more likly that I will make a typo that the grammer police will catch then "mis-spell" something that matters.
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I was in America for many years before I realized that Americans spell plough plow. I like our way better.
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It's bad enought we have to use a French word () but it is efficient for it's meaning.
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It's pronounced 'leftenant' - and I enjoy telling colleagues that 'lootenant' starts with 'loo' which back home is also a nice term for a shit house. So a 'lootenant' is just somebody in charge of a shit house...
It's bad enought we have to use a French word () but it is efficient for it's meaning.
It's bad enought we have to use a French word () but it is efficient for it's meaning.
By the way, I am amused by these discussions -- it is but an accident of history for the differences. From what I understand, Noah Webster wanted to "simplify" spelling even more but many of his spellings did not catch on. See this Wikipedia article.