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Kernel engineers fighting over the letter "U"
cahult:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
Not quite. flavour, favour, perhaps, but not labour, parlour, humour, armour, glamour, saviour, ardour or endeavour. And don't forget civilise, which comes from French civiliser, or tyre, from Old English tyren, or encyclopaedia. Most of American spelling comes from spelling simplification proposed by Webster, like 'practice' as a verb instead of practise, or 'civilize', or 'gage' instead of gauge, 'theater' instead of theatre or even 'tung' instead of 'toungue'.
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Well, Webster must be right, eh? ;) The words you are quoting were just entering english back then. Some were quite new, some did actually enter american english first. But you
Laukev7:
quote: Either way, the way to say words in american english is more like the english spoken in Britain 300-500 years ago.
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So does French in Quebec, but just because a dialect resembles a language spoken centuries ago doesn't mean it's the 'correct' one. And you don't specify to which dialect in England you compare American English. If you compare American English to, say, Cockney, then you may be right. But saying that American English is more similar to Shakespearan English than 'british' english is too broad a claim.
billy_gates:
I think that they should be spelled as the author spelled them. So if the author is not American they would spell it however they like (probably with the u). Then Americans would spell it however they like (probably without the u). There I think I fixed our dilemma which shouldn't even be happening.
kibawarior:
wait what are you all trying to say?
british english was the basis for us english basically americans were to lazy to spell or talk like the brits so they came up with their own form of english which the correct term is coliqual
us english is not english its stupid why do americans always have to be soooo lazy, okay now i'm ranting.
please just forget about it you must have this choice even though its like cockneys making their own dictionaries and damanding putting it in to software. so if you think thats stupid think its stupid but let everything be there's no point ok
cahult:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
So does French in Quebec, but just because a dialect resembles a language spoken centuries ago doesn't mean it's the 'correct' one. And you don't specify to which dialect in England you compare American English. If you compare American English to, say, Cockney, then you may be right. But saying that American English is more similar to Shakespearan English than 'british' english is too broad a claim.
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Right me if I
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