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Elephant
- FB Fan -
Canada
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 Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:07:20
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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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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:07:59
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Don't get the Brits started on this, Elephant! Don't!
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:17:32
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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) |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:23:06
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We don't ALL walk like John Cleese in Fawlty Towers you know?
Pure Reason Revolution |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:26:03
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Well doesn't HPM just think he's cock of the rock today....;)
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:40:05
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Just sticking up for what's right C.
Pure Reason Revolution |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:42:34
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How do you walk? It's all "Ministry of silly walks" over there, right?
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 17:50:10
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With our heads held high!
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 18:00:53
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That is because they spell it correctly.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 18:37:28
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In hell (not in heaven) everything is about Brit/Canadian
vs. U.S. spelling.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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Elephant
- FB Fan -
Canada
240 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 19:32:28
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| 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. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 19:43:45
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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 |
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 20:09:22
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| forumite? what the hell? |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 21:36:19
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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" |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 03:50:21
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Thank you BLT, likewise.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:34:35
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forumite -- pure denizen of the forum's band.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:38:00
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My pet peeve is the way Americans pronounce 'buoy'. It's not boo-E-yan-cy, people!
"Join the Cult of Frank / Seriously." |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:41:50
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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 |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 03/01/2005 : 12:46:58
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| i suspect you're right COF, i can't see where they can the yancy sound from bouy. |
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 17:53:15
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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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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 18:55:19
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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?
If time is my vessel, then learning to love
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 19:00:02
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Coldie!!!!!!!!! You can spell any way you want, just post!
How are you?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 19:22:34
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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.
ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2005 : 20:24:23
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| Thanks NimroudsSouns. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 06:23:10
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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." |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 06:33:02
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| Yeah the u is needed to give the o a different sound. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 11:13:09
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darwin! Funniest post today.
Our, spelling it Nirmoud's Soun-style, funnioust poust
touday....
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 12:40:50
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| Thank youu, kathryn |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 12:47:11
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Youu are welcoume.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 18:08:41
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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!" |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2005 : 18:24:14
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hehe, i have a friend i call "double-"L"-oyd"
I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again! |
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xamyleeroxmysox
- FB Fan -
Canada
2 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:11:27
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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
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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 |
Edited by - xamyleeroxmysox on 03/08/2005 09:13:05 |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:13:50
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| I like this fella. Welcome to the forum xamy! |
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xamyleeroxmysox
- FB Fan -
Canada
2 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 09:18:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I like this fella. Welcome to the forum xamy!
Aw,thanks I like you too |
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Canadian/American Spelling
