Non Americans: Does seeing American English bother you?

[Jacco]

I see quite a bit of the "proper" spellings of words on this site (oweing, I'm sure, to the large non-American presence) and it makes me wonder, when you see us Amies spell words like "color" and "favorite" as such instead of the "proper" "colour" and "favourite" does it bother you at all or is it just another way of spelling?

For me, when I see "colour", it catches my attention only slightly more than "color" but I've been told been told it really bothers people to see it spelled one way or the other.

 

[EdwardOrchard]

The only thing that annoys me is that the Escapist text box's auto-spellcheck keeps telling me that I'm incorrectly spelling colour, favourite, honour, armour, etc. These red underlines....have made me lose my faith in humanity (edit: /s).

 

[Booze Zombie]

I only get annoyed when people tell me I'm spelling a word wrong. No, armour is right. Colour is right.

Spell however you like, just don't tell me I'm wrong when I'm not. I will rage.

 

[Zing]

It doesn't bother me unless they tell me I'm spelling it wrong.

Then again it's fun to make uneducated Americans look retarded at that point.

 

[Merkavar]

I only get annoyed when people tell me I'm spelling a word wrong. No, armour is right. Colour is right.

^^^ this

like when i spell mum and people insult me for spelling it wrong or go on about what the hell is a mum.

also i prefer non american spelling with alot of words. you dont need to replace every s with a z like in organisation or generalise. but i do prefer jail instead of gaol

 

[Mr Thin]

I'll be honest, I can't shake the feeling that it's an inferior form of spelling.

But I'm far more concerned with your sentence structure and the way you phrase things than the alternative spelling. I've seen plenty of intelligent American posters on the site, and I don't think less of them when I see color instead of colour.

Though, as mentioned above, the red underlines piss me off sometimes.

 

[Dimitriov]

Actually the 'u' words don't bother me.


It's when I see "gray" that I get upset D:<

 

[King of the Sandbox]

I use color and armor and the like for efficiency and speed, without sacrificing 'proper' English.

They're pretty unnecessary letters anyway.

 

[Watchmacallit]

It only annoys me when I get the occasional, "Learn how to spell in English"

The I have to tell them its the Americans that swapped it for god knows what reason.

The spell checker is also a little annoying.

 

[DJDarque]

Actually the 'u' words don't bother me.


It's when I see "gray" that I get upset D:<

It's kind of weird. I'm an American, yet I've always spelled it "grey." "Gray" just doesn't look, or feel, right to me.

 

[EdwardOrchard]

Actually, one that I would like to add, probably the only difference in spelling/pronunciation that I actually have a preference for:

Aluminium

I've always spelled and pronounced it as the US, "Aluminum," but I much prefer the UK, "Aluminium." To me, it just sounds better.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

IMO, America has some things right, 'sidewalk' is the bit at the side where you walk, it makes more sense than 'pavement' even tho it's paved.

 

[DragonFae]

I do find it a little annoying, but not as much as I find the way Americans pronounce some words. I'm an Australian, and I'm sick and tired of hearing yanks pronounce the 'u'. It's a-stralia, not aw-stralia. I do find the red line very annoying. I know what I'm saying, goddamnit!

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Actually the 'u' words don't bother me.


It's when I see "gray" that I get upset D:<

For the longest time I actually thought those were two separate words. Gray for the color, Grey as a synonym of drab or dull.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I don't give a hot shit, no.

I will make fun of Europeans that use American spellings, though. But that's only because I am never not being a huge dick.

 

[mental_looney]

I don't mind as long as the other posters said no one decides to start with the whole you're wrong arguement.

The only thing that annoys me slightly is sheeps for some reason, but that's just wrong in general.

 

[Jacco]

The I have to tell them its the Americans that swapped it for god knows what reason.

It dates back to the Revolution. Because the States were originally English colonies they were essentially displaced Englishmen when the war ended. So over the intervening years between the end of the Revolution and the War of 1812, Americans changed spellings and small things to separate themselves from the British and give themselves a unique nationality.

It's actually a pretty interesting piece of history if that interests you.

 

[banksy122]

It is just another form of English. I hate when people say it is a bastardised version of English. English is a bastardised version of every European language. Spanish and Italian are bastardised versions of Latin, and so on. English is the newest language American - English is just the newest version of it and that shouldn't be surprising or annoying. They are just different dialects, happens with every language, even in the same country sometimes.

Also, they have the red line under some words because this is an American site, so it goes by American spelling, get over it.

 

[SaetonChapelle]

I really dont care at all. As long as the sentence structure is correct and it isn't "l33t" Im content. :3

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Actually the 'u' words don't bother me.


It's when I see "gray" that I get upset D:<

It's kind of weird. I'm an American, yet I've always spelled it "grey." "Gray" just doesn't look, or feel, right to me.

I feel that way as well...