MOO3 finished!

[Shadowstar]

Who says the U.S. is the one who's spelling is all wrong?

Heh heh... Now the Brits gotta throw u's into everything to make themselves special!

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Shadowstar:
Who says the U.S. is the one who's spelling is all wrong?

Heh heh... Now the Brits gotta throw u's into everything to make themselves special!

You sure it ain't the other way around? With the US removing the U's. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the Brits were speaking English long before anyone in the US.

[jimbob]

I'd think that the americanisms such as color and lite are introduced for two reasons. With the dropping of the "u" in many words (including but not limited to honour, colour, neighbour...) the americans were distinguishing/distancing themselves from their british "overlords" who spoke the same language. I'd imagine that had the lower colonies not had the rebellion/revolution, they'd be using the "u" just as much as their less independent neighbours to their north.

As to lite, defense (instead of defence) etc. I'd imagine that these are more the result of simplification for the sake of commercialism. The brits, having a major economic downturn combined with a weakened but significant aristocracy (which favours the status quo) have not embraced this whole-sale linguistic simplification scheme. We canadians have likely (through osmosis) taken the british lead without even realizing it!

[Fyron]

Originally posted by DavidG:

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Originally posted by Shadowstar:
Who says the U.S. is the one who's spelling is all wrong?

Heh heh... Now the Brits gotta throw u's into everything to make themselves special!

You sure it ain't the other way around? With the US removing the U's. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the Brits were speaking English long before anyone in the US.

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Yeah, and they grew decadent. Americans have moved on from the ancient forms of the language.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Yeah, and they grew decadent. Americans have moved on from the ancient forms of the language.

Well I guess it's a start. Now if you can get rid of the K in knife and the P in pneumonia I'll be really impressed

[Krsqk]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Well I guess it's a start. Now if you can get rid of the K in knife and the P in pneumonia I'll be really impressed

No, those need to remain as impediments to keep "furriners" from learning English.

[Ruatha]

As a person having learned english in school, speaking a totally different language usually.
I think the British spelling looks nicer, aswell as their prononcuation (difficult word) sounds better than the American Version.