spelling

[no1birdman]

Obviously, being from the UK, I spell things differently, and being the stubborn guy I am, I think my way is the proper way of spelling, like the differences between color and colour, and centre and center. And also the difference in words, like Pants over here means underpants in America, and pants in America are trousers.

I was just wondering where other people stand on the difference between the two languages, and which ones they think is the 'proper' spellings.

[Mikekoz13]

I love Brits..... but you folks really do need to learn how to spell 

[tomgallagher]

Ain't it the truth.

[StumpyDave]

Whilst I can't really get worked up about it, I do prefer the English I learned at school.
However there are enough variations in this little country on how it is spoken so one has to accept that Americans, isolated as they are from the motherland, will slip in their ways and I feel it is our duty to point out their follies whenever possible.

I really dislike the poor spelling and grammar that are now common in society though, especially in job applications that I see.  Particularly irksome are those that don't know when to use their, there or they're.

... and don't start me on apostrophes!

[skiking]

Most of the time I don't care about using proper grammar or spelling.  That being said, on a weekly basis, I am forced to use old english using words I would never use in everyday speech to write legal descriptions for deeds.  I even had a class in college that was entirely focused on how to write them.

[Jer]

Hey!  I'm with birdman on this one guys!  I mean colour, demeanour, endeavour, favour, fibre, harbour, humour, labour, licence, learnt, neighbour, offence, parlour, rumour, savious, savour, valour, vapour.

It bugs me so much too cause I see all the red from the spell check when I'm typing.  So I'll go and fix it then I'll read through and change all the spelling back again.  Sometimes if I'm tired I'll repeat that process of auto correcting and manually correcting several times before posting or sending something.     What makes that whole process worse is that out computers at work correct things with the standard American spelling, yet when I'm doing reports that'll be entered in court, they should be the Canadian way so I repeat the process there many times as well.  I've got to find a Canadian English spell checker! 

[Timmay]

Hey!  I'm with birdman on this one guys!  I mean colour, demeanour, endeavour, favour, fibre, harbour, humour, labour, licence, learnt, neighbour, offence, parlour, rumour, savious, savour, valour, vapour.

OK I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE>>>>LEARNT is not a word..lol

[FR8TRAIN]

Hey!  I'm with birdman on this one guys!  I mean colour, demeanour, endeavour, favour, fibre, harbour, humour, labour, licence, learnt, neighbour, offence, parlour, rumour, savious, savour, valour, vapour.

OK I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE>>>>LEARNT is not a word..lol

It is in Southern Speak. I'll use it in a sentence.

My daddy learnt me to ride a bike.

Can you back me up here PBurke?

[Sly Red]

It is in Southern Speak. I'll use it in a sentence.

My daddy learnt me to ride a bike.

Be careful Southerner bashing 

Red(neck)

[Robmeister]

Hey!  I'm with birdman on this one guys!  I mean colour, demeanour, endeavour, favour, fibre, harbour, humour, labour, licence, learnt, neighbour, offence, parlour, rumour, savious, savour, valour, vapour.

OK I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE>>>>LEARNT is not a word..lol

And OK I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE

Sounds like Asian American 

[Robmeister]

It is in Southern Speak. I'll use it in a sentence.

My daddy learnt me to ride a bike.

Be careful Southerner bashing 

Red(neck)

Naahhhh.....Paulie and PigPen (just to name 2) are proud, self-proclaimed rednecks.  So secure and grounded in their redneckness that no offense would be taken.

[JohnMont]

I inadvertently started a whole big 'tiff' when I used Brit / Canadian spellling; so I should probably not get into this; but can't resist . ..

glad to see the guys on THIS thread have a sense of HUMOUR about it all

John

[FR8TRAIN]

Oh I wasn't Bashing Southerners at all. I was just telling the trueff.

[GASlick]

Southern bashing?!  Who's Southern Bashing?  lol

Can't nobody bash us Southerners except US!

Learnt is a word.  So is "ain't", "fixinto" and "gonna".  Along with many others.  "etyet" is another great Southern word.  For example, when folks come over to the house you always say, "Ya'll look hungry. Etyet?"

It's like a whole 'nother world down here.  However, I have never REPEAT never humped a cousin.  lol  Although I do have one that is really HOT!  Love her!

[Timmay]

Well I AINT got NO scruff wiff that.  Y'all just sit down dare and relax a bit.  Im gonna go out yonder and fetch me some fiddles and we's all gonna have on hell of a barbeque right out here on the ol fire pit.  Then we's can all go and have a dip in the cement pond.  And I aint gonna hear no bickering and fighting about it E-der.  Ef y'all wanna knock each udder out ober it...den y'alls just take it out there  in the back 40 where  I's dont haff to sit and watch y'all  makin fools of ya selfs.