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posted by: lynne (reply) post date: 04.10.04 (3:36 pm) I dont know how successful it is for adults to change their spelling habits. I know that I certainly hope that it is possible as I dont particularly like my spelling either...or smelling ;) posted by: lynne (reply) post date: 04.10.04 (3:37 pm) FWIW, I havent noticed that you have trouble spelling. You should see some of the other blogs around here ;) Wooo Boy, some of them make even me feel a lot better about my spelling abilities. posted by: mblog (reply) post date: 04.10.04 (5:09 pm) I was not aware of that "fashion." I have noticed certain words misspelled very commonly by people from the UK, but didn't want to be rude by implying anything. It's not that Americans fare better. I think half the country can't tell "its" from "it's" and they were supposed to learn that by age 6 or 7. When I remember, I spell-check these comments and blog entries before posting them. posted by: lynne (reply) post date: 04.10.04 (9:31 pm) I dont know what it is about people from England but they are always misspelling words like check, honor and color ;) What is up with that? I mean, cheque, honour, and colour? I would have mentioned this before but I didnt want to be rude ;) posted by: Queenie (reply) post date: 04.11.04 (4:49 am) Reply to: lynne I think you'll find that it is you, my dear American chum, who miss-spells these words, After all, it IS the English language. posted by: Andaloo (reply) post date: 04.11.04 (8:44 am) Reply to: Queenie Oh come on "Queenie" where's your sense of humour? Or should that be humor? posted by: SusanofPudlin (reply) post date: 04.11.04 (5:24 pm) My deer sur, Recently I was amazed to learn that most edumucated individools can still make scents of the most misspelled stuff that is prezented to them. Not to wurry. If sumone kares about whut you rite, they will figure out how to reed it. Luf u. kiss kiss posted by: mblog (reply) post date: 04.12.04 (9:48 am) Reply to: Queenie In those particular cases, I think the English (as in England) way came first. But with the language in general, the US version is more faithful to Elisabethan English than what is spoken in the UK. Linguistic scholars are well aware of this. Languages tend to change more and faster in their countries of origin, so don't be too quick to blame Americans for changing things. I remember a thread somewhere else where somebody asked why Americans have "changed" to a different word for so many things (garbage vs rubbish, etc.) and in each case, the "American" word not only predated America by many centuries, but also predated the common British equivalent by centuries too. I looked up "colour" and it dates back to the 14th century, while "color" goes back only to the 15th century. But you still can't blame America for it. Of course, there is no right and wrong here, but a few different ways of doing the same thing. Arguing over whether British English or American English is the correct one is as sensible as arguing over whether Chinese or German is the correct language. Correct for what? posted by: rosietulips (reply) post date: 04.12.04 (11:32 pm) I dunno...I had an instructor who told me that adults who know they can't spell well should just accept it ;) And keep a dictionary handy!! posted by: mblog (reply) post date: 04.13.04 (10:12 am) Reply to: rosietulips That's fine, but they should not run for President of the US. posted by: Andaloo (reply) post date: 04.13.04 (1:36 pm) STOP bickering! |
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