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Post by maanantai on Mar 4, 2009 15:15:21 GMT -5
I don't know what I'm writing.
Meaning that I'm not sure if my waste of totally good forum space is closer to US or UK spelling. But I do like writing shorter words rather than longer ones - less letters to put in wrong places or replace with something that totally chances the meaning of the word.
Maybe just trauma from 3rd to 7th grade English lessons when I had no clue why I had to study such a language and I hated it since I didn't get it. And we were supposed to use UK English (not that I would have known the difference...)
@ john and the case of david j. stewart - saviour vs savior : I wonder what he'd (david j.) say if he'd learn that other languages have TOTALLY different words for it. With different amount of letters! (like in Finnish it has 9: vapahtaja)
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Post by MaybeNever on Mar 4, 2009 15:38:24 GMT -5
Mine is getting worse. I still resist it, but instead of adding u's to various words I'm starting to replace "z" with "s." Some sceptic folks treat British spelling as lightly as a grey-coloured aluminium can, ensuring their disuse. They plough on through this madness and draught cheques they can’t cash by calling it mouldy. They choke on “misplaced u’s” like faulty carburettor’s of low calibre which leave a flavour of naivety on their moustaches. There were tonnes of persnickety rumours at the centre of this, according to a cosy little programme seen by my mum, that British spelling would endevour to become the honourable way to write, that extra u’s, for example, would be the armour against the bogeyman of slang. Personally, I snigger at those who would blow a tyre over this phoney controversy, those at the theatre of humourous sabre-rattling furore over such neurone-moulting titbits, and from such rigourous behaviour from my neighbours. HAY YUO SPELELD STUFF RONG! Also you forgot "manoeuvre".
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Post by SimSim on Mar 4, 2009 16:40:48 GMT -5
The British spelling doesn't bother me. It's the differences in words that throws me off sometimes, like torch and flashlight, bonnet and trunk, or is it hood? See.
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Post by Vene on Mar 4, 2009 19:57:02 GMT -5
I just feel like sharing this.Enjoy, I know I did.
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Post by Redhunter on Mar 5, 2009 5:36:03 GMT -5
There were tonnes of persnickety rumours at the centre of this, according to a cosy little programme seen by my mum, that British spelling would endevour to become the honourable way to write, that extra u’s, for example, would be the armour against the bogeyman of slang. You were doing so well, but I'm afraid it's endeavour. Oh... fuck thank you for pointing that out. It was hard to see against the sea of red lines in my american spellchecker. Yeah, that's right, CHECKer.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 5, 2009 5:55:31 GMT -5
I do believe I am falling asleep... this can only end in sheets, I'm telling you!
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Post by Redhunter on Mar 5, 2009 6:04:19 GMT -5
I do believe I am falling asleep... this can only end in sheets, I'm telling you! ...I like where this is headed.
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Post by The Lazy One on Mar 5, 2009 6:05:37 GMT -5
I just feel like sharing this.Enjoy, I know I did. I listened about fifteen seconds. Elevator music = do not want.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 5, 2009 6:06:06 GMT -5
I do believe I am falling asleep... this can only end in sheets, I'm telling you! ...I like where this is headed. Of course You do. There are sheets and a naked woman involved, after all. Yes, I sleep in the nude. Get over it, people.
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Post by Redhunter on Mar 5, 2009 6:11:08 GMT -5
...I like where this is headed. Of course You do. There are sheets and a naked woman involved, after all. Yes, I sleep in the nude. Get over it, people. I'd like to get over it. You set me up for that. Besides, I'm being held hostage by my libido and if I don't make rude sexual comments, I have to punch myself. In the head... ...the head on top of my body.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 5, 2009 6:17:12 GMT -5
Yuh-huh. Suuuure. That's precisely what You meant.
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Post by Redhunter on Mar 5, 2009 6:30:30 GMT -5
Yuh-huh. Suuuure. That's precisely what You meant. Yuh-huh! I mean what I... I mean, I'm mean when I say, umm, things that are mean? And I'm saying I'm meaning to say that I'm mean. Yeah... Yeah! That's what I means because I... Aww screw it... I'm just a sick fucker being dirty. We all know it and I for one, am cool with that.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 5, 2009 6:36:35 GMT -5
Even though we all knew that already it is by far better to admit it out loud. It is, after all the first step towards.... er.... um.... the next one.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Mar 5, 2009 9:22:15 GMT -5
Aww screw it... I'm just a sick fucker being dirty. We all know it and I for one, am cool with that. And that's why we love you
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Post by malicious_bloke on Mar 5, 2009 9:56:52 GMT -5
If I had my own country I have a civil war once a year just for a laugh
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