Lofty
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Post by Lofty on Feb 2, 2009 23:19:33 GMT 1
check this out. I didn't realise there were this many differences. www.bg-map.com/us-uk.htmlAnything else you can think of, put it on the forum |
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Post by Milkrunner on Feb 3, 2009 0:01:47 GMT 1
Someone asked me that recently, and I just replied "Us(plural U)." Colour / color, parlour/parlor, harbour, harbor. Also, little known fact, but the reason the US accepts "zee" as the pronunciation of the letter "Z" is because it rhymes with "V" and "P". Every other latin-based language and every english speaking country outside of the US pronounces it "zed". Umm... Learned/Learnt(US)..burnt etc. is also only US.
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Post by Lofty on Feb 3, 2009 1:43:57 GMT 1
yeah.i know what you mean, sometimes I say "Zee", and sometimes i say "Zed". Alot of English based languages use other English speaking countries terms
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Post by robnobrobnob on Feb 3, 2009 1:50:09 GMT 1
It is no wonder we sometimes take what someone says on the forum the wrong way. There are a lot of small differences that make a huge difference with the languages!! I also sometimes say Zee and other times say Zed. I think we are starting to say a few American words, I do especially as i watch so many shows/movies for the US. Just found another one if it isn't in the list!! We usually say Films you guys say movies, i think?
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Post by Lofty on Feb 3, 2009 5:35:30 GMT 1
See there ya go Robnob... "Shows/Movies" I call them Programs/Films
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Post by angrytomass on Feb 3, 2009 9:10:57 GMT 1
LOL, this is a great topic!
What I find interesting is how, in such a short period of time our languages have become quite different.
The spell checker on the forum is american unfortunatly!
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Post by robnobrobnob on Feb 3, 2009 10:08:21 GMT 1
If you are using IE then type into google 'spell checker for IE' and you can download an English spell checker. Just download and install then in the text box right click and click check spelling, it is almost the same as the forum one but i find it easier
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Post by =SWF= Ulfer on Feb 3, 2009 10:51:09 GMT 1
My "english" is quite strange, i think i use a mix of Uk englsih and Us english....
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Post by angrytomass on Feb 3, 2009 11:50:41 GMT 1
Great
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Post by deadaim88 on Feb 3, 2009 13:36:15 GMT 1
Us Canadians are messed up cause we're pretty british in many ways, but pick up alot of American as well. We're the mish mash! Yay!
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Post by Milkrunner on Feb 3, 2009 15:05:19 GMT 1
Yep.. All of my papers for school need to be written using UK English spelling, but as a technical writer, everything I do for my job requires US English spelling. That's never actually struck me as odd until now.
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