Poll: Do you prefer American English spelling or British English spelling?

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British because:
1) I'm English
2) The letter "U" does exist
3) An "Z" isn't, and can never be an "S"
4) I feel that missing out letters is a lazy way of writing, even if it is how you were taught
5) It was the British who invented the language
6) Slightly off topic but American pronouncement drives me mental... oh, and it's a lift, not an "elevator"

 

[sneak_copter]

FOR GOD'S SAKE.
THIS IS MY ONE CHANCE TO SAY IT:

IT'S SULPHUR. NOT SULFUR.

GET. IT. RIGHT.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry begs to differ. (Just ctrl-F "Sulfur" in the link below and it'll come up, or Wikipedia it if you must).

http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=JM99101FP055&JournalCode=JM

That being said, if I remember correctly Aluminium is the preferred spelling by the IUPAC.

Caesium is also another spelling preferred by the IUPAC on the British side.

I don't give a shit what the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has to say. And everybody who provides information on Wikipedia is bullshitting.

Anyway, I'm not that bothered. Just annoying how Americans can spell the word that way and think they have spelt it correctly, and that there way of spelling is the ONLY correct way.

 

[AfterAscon]

English. The version spoken and written by the English.

Z = Zed not Zee

 

[painfull2006]

Just a note to everyone

Its Aluminium (Al-uuu-min-ee-um)

Americans say say Aluminum (Al-ooo-m-inum)... WRONG!!!

maybe because they spell it WRONG!!!

 

[PersianLlama]

FOR GOD'S SAKE.
THIS IS MY ONE CHANCE TO SAY IT:

IT'S SULPHUR. NOT SULFUR.

GET. IT. RIGHT.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry begs to differ. (Just ctrl-F "Sulfur" in the link below and it'll come up, or Wikipedia it if you must).

http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=JM99101FP055&JournalCode=JM

That being said, if I remember correctly Aluminium is the preferred spelling by the IUPAC.

Caesium is also another spelling preferred by the IUPAC on the British side.

I don't give a shit what the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has to say. And everybody who provides information on Wikipedia is bullshitting.

Anyway, I'm not that bothered. Just annoying how Americans can spell the word that way and think they have spelt it correctly, and that there way of spelling is the ONLY correct way.

...Um the link I provided wasn't even wikipedia, I just offered that if you were too lazy to look through the document. And because you may have had one bad experience with an American, they all are obviously idiots who enforce only their way of spelling onto the rest of the English-speaking world?

Edit:...Oh and it's the IUPAC that y'know deals with Chemistry...So maybe the nomenclature in Chemistry should be left to that?

 

[The Eaten Cake]

British. I live in Britain, and I just prefer our way of spelling things, like words such as "apologise".

 

[sneak_copter]

FOR GOD'S SAKE.
THIS IS MY ONE CHANCE TO SAY IT:

IT'S SULPHUR. NOT SULFUR.

GET. IT. RIGHT.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry begs to differ. (Just ctrl-F "Sulfur" in the link below and it'll come up, or Wikipedia it if you must).

http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayArticleForFree.cfm?doi=JM99101FP055&JournalCode=JM

That being said, if I remember correctly Aluminium is the preferred spelling by the IUPAC.

Caesium is also another spelling preferred by the IUPAC on the British side.

I don't give a shit what the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has to say. And everybody who provides information on Wikipedia is bullshitting.

Anyway, I'm not that bothered. Just annoying how Americans can spell the word that way and think they have spelt it correctly, and that there way of spelling is the ONLY correct way.

...Um the link I provided wasn't even wikipedia, I just offered that if you were too lazy to look through the document. And because you may have had one bad experience with an American, they all are obviously idiots who enforce only their way of spelling onto the rest of the English-speaking world?

Edit:...Oh and it's the IUPAC that y'know deals with Chemistry...So maybe the nomenclature in Chemistry should be left to that?

No, I did look through the whole document.

I still maintain that Sulphur is the correct spelling of the word, and regardless of however many sources you put forward to counter my argument, I, without citing any am sure that my spelling is correct.

I understand if your point of view is different, and that American spelling of words is different, but in Britain "sulfur" would be classed as an incorrect spelling of the word.

Right. Lets stop now before this becomes a flame-war.

*fills bucket*

 

[Lord George]

I wonder how exactly the American language changed from the proper British spelling, did someone make a typo somewhere? or were they illiterate? or did they need to mark their individuality by changing the language.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

I am British, so I prefer British English by far.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

There is no such thing as "British English". It is simply called "English". As in, the original form of the language.

 

[painfull2006]

British English = English English

i.e. ENGLISH....

American English = A Joke

 

[qwmn]

Tire, not Tyre
Elevator, not Lift
Fries, not Chips
Color, not Colour
Chips, not Crisps
Ize, not Ise


American FTW, British spelling SUCKS!!!

 

[qwmn]

American English = English English

i.e. ENGLISH....
British English = A Joke

TRUTH!!!

 

[The Young One]

Eeesk, I like correct grammar as much as the next person, but adding z's instead of s' or the letter f instead of ph? It irritates me. But I understand about 'lone words' so I think I can see where the differences come from, I don't like it though.
Oh, I voted British.

 

[Slipped Mind]

British spelling, most definitely.
Just because that's what I use always.

 

[qwmn]

I laugh at how all these Brits make fun of our English, saying that we spell them wrong, and yet we don't do anything to them.

Pricks.

 

[Limasol]

Stop spelling like a five year old learning phonetically and maybe we will stop digging on you then.

 

[painfull2006]

I laugh at how all these Brits make fun of our English, saying that we spell them wrong, and yet we don't do anything to them.

Pricks.

Im sorry... did you just insult a whole nation? because that sounded an awful lot like racism there...

 

[NeutralDrow]

I laugh at how all these Brits make fun of our English, saying that we spell them wrong, and yet we don't do anything to them.

Pricks.

Im sorry... did you just insult a whole nation? because that sounded an awful lot like racism there...

I'm seriously hoping you were aiming for irony, there.