Poll: Do you prefer American English spelling or British English spelling?
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Being Canadian, I have to use the British spelling when I write college papers in English. I do prefer the British spelling though. I love how close it can be to French spelling sometimes; e.g. Colour and Couleur, Honour and Honneur, etc...
Anyway, we can all agree that English spellings are f*cked up. So is French spelling, which might even be worse. I love history and all, but I'm of the opinion that they should all be simplified, like Italian or Spanish. Now those are fun!
Anyway, we can all agree that English spellings are f*cked up. So is French spelling, which might even be worse. I love history and all, but I'm of the opinion that they should all be simplified, like Italian or Spanish. Now those are fun!
I see what you did there.ranc0re said:
Thru is an alternative informal spelling of through in American English (it comes up as misspelled in any spell-check I've used).SmilingKitsune said:
I prefer American English both because it's more phonetic and I'm an American (Michigander specifically, dumb state with some nice universities).
Not that I despise British English, just the people that claim it's in any way better.
Fun fact: English is the only language whose native speakers are commonly educated by spelling tests (in other words the only language that makes "proper" spelling more important than phonetic).
As a Canadian I use British spelling, although my gamer tag is often mispronounced as "central" when i reality its hockeycentre11, it drives me nuts. Also i do prefer spelling words with a u ex: colour, armour, honour etc..
P.S. Firefox flags those words a misspelled
P.S. Firefox flags those words a misspelled
No, but isn't French spelling governed by its own (convoluted) version of phonetic writing?Piphchan said:
I vary. Although being an NZ-er and using British usually, I tend to write recognized, color, and neighbor the American way. This probably comes as a habit from programming.
I got in trouble from my science teacher for "incorrect spelling" when I spelled armor as "armour", color as "colour", etc.
I told him that's technically correct spelling, and he got mad.
So I just stick with what I don't get yelled at for.
I told him that's technically correct spelling, and he got mad.
So I just stick with what I don't get yelled at for.
Does it matter? I think it's cool to spell stuff as armour, honour, colour etc...However, there are some American spellings I prefer too.
British English, as it's the form my country's version of English usually follows.
It's a bit confusing, but we take spelling from both sides of it, usually adopting the American spelling on things of an American origin (Like Donut as opposed to doughnut)
The one thing I really hate about the forum code is how many times I've accidentally written "[colour=red]"
[colour=red]and ended up with this confusing travesty[/colour] as opposed to this eye sore. The fact that my browser's spell check keeps on telling me that I've spelled colour wrong doesn't help things.
Also, I've said this before (in a much earlier thread based on exactly the same topic) and if I remember correctly I think I may have gotten a probation for saying so.
But I think that Aluminum sounds stupid.
It's a bit confusing, but we take spelling from both sides of it, usually adopting the American spelling on things of an American origin (Like Donut as opposed to doughnut)
The one thing I really hate about the forum code is how many times I've accidentally written "[colour=red]"
[colour=red]and ended up with this confusing travesty[/colour] as opposed to this eye sore. The fact that my browser's spell check keeps on telling me that I've spelled colour wrong doesn't help things.
Also, I've said this before (in a much earlier thread based on exactly the same topic) and if I remember correctly I think I may have gotten a probation for saying so.
But I think that Aluminum sounds stupid.
American. Not only because it's my native dialect but also because it's the predominant language of the internet.
Aluminum is the one I think sounds stupid.ranc0re said:
Otherwise I would have spelt it as Aluminium.
+1 to that. It doesn't bother me that there are two dialects - I'm happy to use either - but it is infuriating to be continually told you're spelling something wrong because you're using British English even when you have the dictionary set to UK English. So I guess it's more the fault of Microsoft and co. than any actual language. How they've failed to make the non-US English dictionaries in MS Office not use US English is beyond me.waggmd said:
So, Americans, if someone on the net gets snooty at you for using US English, give them a break - they've probably just been defending their language to a computer.
Even though the Queen's English is the one true English and thou shalt not have strange English before Her, I was born and raised in the States, so I prefer American English. However, while I was growing up, I read Franco-Belgian comics that have been translated by British publishing companies, so I was well exposed to British English at an early age.
Sometimes, I would accidentally splice British English into my sentences back in elementary school. I clearly remember thinking "How can she take off points? 'Favourite' is CLEARLY spelled correctly!"
Sometimes, I would accidentally splice British English into my sentences back in elementary school. I clearly remember thinking "How can she take off points? 'Favourite' is CLEARLY spelled correctly!"