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| Elephant |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:07:20
Do any of you actually use it? I'm Canadian so whenever I spell "favorite" I spell it as "favourite" or color I spell "colour" I can't remember any more Canadian spelling...
Do you Canadians here use the proper spelling? I guess the Brits have different spellings too...
I'm not the best speller in the first place - but I try.
Also, I found this page;
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm |
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 19:03:51
but when you are referring to the buoy in the water you say boo-ee, not boy. but it is always boy-an-see
 You can go eat a decroded piece of crap! |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:20:54
By the way, your picture doesn't work. It's just a red cross. |
| xamyleeroxmysox |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:18:32
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I like this fella. Welcome to the forum xamy!
Aw,thanks I like you too |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:13:50
I like this fella. Welcome to the forum xamy! |
| xamyleeroxmysox |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:11:27
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
quote:
Originally posted by Elephant
I guess the Brits have different spellings too...
Also, I found this page;
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm
Correction young sir, we have the correct spellings.
Pure Reason Revolution
HPM yup that's right .....I having been born in Toronto,ON,Canada and raised there until I was 11 then I moved to London,England and I've been living in America for 4 years ......I learned everything the British way because I was homeschooled until High Skool..........here have a looksie at this : http://www.my-last-breath.com/alexz.php?autobio
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
Did you know that Australians spell labor without a "u"?
http://www.alp.org.au/
and no Aussies don't spell labor without the "u" the proof being here : http://www.statsci.org/smyth/ozus.html ....it says no "u" after because it referring to how Americans spell it
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
My pet peeve is the way Americans pronounce 'buoy'. It's not boo-E-yan-cy, people!
 "Join the Cult of Frank / Seriously."
I've lived in California,USA for 4 years and I have not once heard anyone pronounced it boo-E-yancy ..........I've heard it pronounced boy-ehn-see here which is how I was taught
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Yeah the u is needed to give the o a different sound.
Absolutely Correct :) .......I tend to use my thick Southern British Accent quite a lot I kinda still haven't lost it so yeah I know what your talking about |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 18:24:14
hehe, i have a friend i call "double-"L"-oyd"
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 18:08:41
quote:
forumite? what the hell?
It's halfway between vegemite and marmite.
Even though I'm American, I've spelled "travelling" and "travelled" with the double L since I was a kid. There are other words where I WON'T use the double L, though ("shoveling," for instance), so I'm not exactly consistent.
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 12:47:11
Youu are welcoume.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| darwin |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 12:40:50
Thank youu, kathryn |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 11:13:09
darwin! Funniest post today.
Our, spelling it Nirmoud's Soun-style, funnioust poust
touday....
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 06:33:02
Yeah the u is needed to give the o a different sound. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 06:23:10
NimrodsSon
color -> colon
colour -> parlour
There's a certain logic to it, or at least consistency. I'm sure there's a better example than parlour, but probably most really similar examples have been likewise Americanized.
"Join the Cult of Frank / Seriously." |
| darwin |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 20:24:23
Thanks NimroudsSouns. |
| NimrodsSon |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 19:22:34
I'm American, but I"ll often use British spelling in my writing, such as colour, labour, etc. simply because it, for some reason, is more pleasing to look at.
But I do believe it makes perfect since to leave the u out, because it is not pronounced and for all praticle purposes need not be there.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 19:00:02
Coldie!!!!!!!!! You can spell any way you want, just post!
How are you?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Coldheartofstone |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 18:55:19
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
We don't ALL walk like John Cleese in Fawlty Towers you know?
Pure Reason Revolution
You mean Farty Towels don't you?
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Might be my way back to sea |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 17:53:15
I hate american spelling, i have a real hatred of it. What i hate more are spellcheckers that try and change everything to a bloody yank spelling.
Im not having none of it, i tell you now.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:46:58
i suspect you're right COF, i can't see where they can the yancy sound from bouy. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:41:50
COF, rest assured most Americans can't spell that word
correctly, as you, being a Canadian, just did.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:38:00
My pet peeve is the way Americans pronounce 'buoy'. It's not boo-E-yan-cy, people!
"Join the Cult of Frank / Seriously." |
| kathryn |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:34:35
forumite -- pure denizen of the forum's band.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 03:50:21
Thank you BLT, likewise.
Pure Reason Revolution |
| BLT |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 21:36:19
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Then there is the matter of the American-to-English dictionary.
I am forever needing one of those when trying to communicate
with one of our many fine forumites in England.
Just spell the way you were taught in school. They're bright enough to figure it out.
 "Enlist in the Cult of Abe and attire oneself as seven score years ago" |
| tobafett |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 20:09:22
forumite? what the hell? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 19:43:45
Then there is the matter of the American-to-English dictionary.
I am forever needing one of those when trying to communicate
with one of our many fine forumites in England.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Elephant |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 19:32:28
I didn't know people actually paid attention to this. I just decided to bring it up because I never hear anyone talking about it. It's like, when I point out a fellow Canadian's spelling and say "That's spelled American" they don't know what I'm talking about. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 18:37:28
In hell (not in heaven) everything is about Brit/Canadian
vs. U.S. spelling.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 18:00:53
That is because they spell it correctly.
Pure Reason Revolution |
| BLT |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:57:02
Did you know that Australians spell labor without a "u"?
http://www.alp.org.au/ |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:50:10
With our heads held high!
Pure Reason Revolution |
| tobafett |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:42:34
How do you walk? It's all "Ministry of silly walks" over there, right?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:40:05
Just sticking up for what's right C.
Pure Reason Revolution |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:26:03
Well doesn't HPM just think he's cock of the rock today....;)
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:23:06
We don't ALL walk like John Cleese in Fawlty Towers you know?
Pure Reason Revolution |
| tobafett |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:17:32
Since college, I've been a huge anglophile...bbc shows, tunes, the FUNNY way ya'll talk...
and it reminds me to go start a thread i've been meaning to do for awhile now...thanks Elephant. (merci Elefant/spasibo Slon) |
