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Thread ID: 120686	2011-09-20 23:50:00	Is it unprofessional to use American spelling	DeSade (984)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1232578	2011-09-21 06:11:00	What a load of crap!! :lol: :lol: :lol:	pcuser42 (130)
1232579	2011-09-21 07:58:00	Pom spelling is fine for poms. So is Lucas. And English cars, cooking - - - - - ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1232580	2011-09-21 08:25:00	I prefer to use either a New Zealand, Australian or UK English spell check dictionary. I find US dictionaries to be a pain in the neck. We as New Zealanders use the UK English spelling. I would consider that American spelling should be confined to the USA and not be used by New Zealanders. +1. Thanks Bob. The same thing is happening with our pronunciation. Z="Zed" not Z="Zee". I blame Sesame St for poluting our youth with that one. I'm happy to say that very few people come out with "Zee" when reading the eye chart at work.	Paul.Cov (425)
1232581	2011-09-21 08:29:00	Another example which always gets me is often seen in the court news - "the offender pleaded guilty" ... In my opinion, it should read ~ "the offender pled guilty" ... grammatically, both are correct, however, I always see it as the offender pleading for a guilty charge ... just plain wrong ! The way our youth are being dumbed down with txt-speak I wouldn't be surprised if Stuff news reports in twenty years time give your above message as: "The guy sed he dun it".	Paul.Cov (425)
1232582	2011-09-21 09:35:00	Not only is it unprofessional, it is really really bad taste.	John H (8)
1232583	2011-09-21 09:40:00	Whilst I briefly have the floor, in light of some earlier comments in this thread, my pet hate (apart from missing or 'extra' apostrophes) is the lazy and deeply stupid cliche that probably came from Perry Mason on TV - 'the witness took the stand'. Where the F*&% did s/he take it to I ask? What is so difficult about saying 'the witness entered the witness stand', or even simply 'the witness gave evidence'? Bloody lazy journos.	John H (8)
1232584	2011-09-21 10:13:00	"The guy sed he dun it". yeah .. well that may have the advantage of saving the poor bloody tax payer a sh!tload. My only question would be, after they say it, can we take them out the back and shoot them ??? :D	SP8's (9836)
1232585	2011-09-21 10:48:00	I must admit to using one yankee spelling and that is "program" as Delphi doesn't know the correct spelling but I think it is lazy not to use the correct spelling for where you come from. One thing that gets me these days is the number of young people that confuse "much" and "many"	mikebartnz (21)
1232586	2011-09-21 10:57:00	I'd disagree. Most spell checkers allow you to choose English English (British, Aus) or US English. It's unprofessional if you're not american. Still - more unprofessional to invent your own spelling. Ugh why do I always choose English (US) then? +1. Thanks Bob. The same thing is happening with our pronunciation. Z="Zed" not Z="Zee". I blame Sesame St for poluting our youth with that one. I'm happy to say that very few people come out with "Zee" when reading the eye chart at work. Have you ever heard someone say NZ as N Zee?	--Wolf-- (128)
1232587	2011-09-21 11:18:00	Perhaps someone in this thread could help me - I am writing something that needs to be in UK English when I finish. I can't seem to set Word 2007 to stop it from underlining words like 'realise' as wrong. Also it sometimes changes my spelling to American. Can anyone give me a foolproof way of getting UK English? (Win7, US keyboard, NZ locale) Secondly, does anyone know of a dictionary that contains every English word that's correct somewhere (in the UK, or in the US, or in NZ, or... etc)? Such a dictionary would have both 'realise' and 'realize'. Word 2007 would then underline only my typos	BBCmicro (15761)
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