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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 | ||
| 1232588 | 2011-09-21 11:50:00 | The same thing is happening with our pronunciation. Z="Zed" not Z="Zee". I've always pronounced it Zee, never Zed. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1232589 | 2011-09-21 12:05:00 | I've always pronounced it Zee, never Zed. You must be American then. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1232590 | 2011-09-21 12:11:00 | I've always pronounced it Zee, never Zed. You better start saying Zed, whats going to happen if you ask directions to one of the new Shell stations (now called Z (Zed)). Where is zee service station? Anyone would think you are German, or weird.... or both :lol: |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1232591 | 2011-09-21 12:27:00 | You better start saying Zed, whats going to happen if you ask directions to one of the new Shell stations (now called Z (Zed)). Where is zee service station? Anyone would think you are German, or weird.... or both :lol: Sounds like fun honestly. It's just always been normal for me to pronounce it Zee. The computer games played, the tv shows i watched etc.. all said Zee, not Zed, so Zee sounds normal to me. Zed sounds odd unless i'm saying NZ, now that is when i pronounce it Zed. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1232592 | 2011-09-21 21:18:00 | You better start saying Zed, whats going to happen if you ask directions to one of the new Shell stations (now called Z (Zed)). Where is zee service station? Anyone would think you are German, or weird.... or both :lol: Unless Zed , Zee puts in efpos ast he pumps then I'm pronounce it Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I love the way the grammar / spelling police of these news groups seem to think that their vay and only their vay is correct.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1232593 | 2011-09-21 21:38:00 | 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) Select all text in the document, then change the language to English (New Zealand) or English (UK). :) I love the way the grammar / spelling police of these news groups seem to think that their vay and only their vay is correct.. Most of the time there is only one correct spelling, but grammar can be ambiguous at times (commas especially). |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1232594 | 2011-09-21 22:10:00 | .......and your when they mean you're .......and less when they mean fewer .......and older or oldest when they mean elder or eldest .......and sunk when they mean sank |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1232595 | 2011-09-21 22:27:00 | I sunk zee battleship. Your less 1 battleship. | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 1232596 | 2011-09-21 23:35:00 | I think some need to get off their high horse & pull their heads in :thumbs: :thumbs: (just kidding, sorta) The British Empire no longer rules 1/2 the Planet. Its 2011 , not 1900 . Language evolves. get over it. We'll all be using txt speak in 300 years anywho. Somehow its OK to bastardize other languages when we import some of their words & expressions Somehow its OK to to rename other countries Cities (look at our maps) Somehow its OK to determine pronunciation & spelling of other Languages, to suit our bias's (Maori being a good example here) The Queens English is one sick puppy. It's well overdue for a cleanup. The US are doing gods work in that regard. :banana :banana |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1232597 | 2011-09-21 23:46:00 | Most of the time I just ignore the errors, but sometimes it bugs me and I feel compelled to point them out. Not that I'm perfect myself but some people are shockingly bad. A lot of people have only ever heard phrases or sayings and have them completely wrong, if you don't tell them they will never know. A few pet peeves: Must have NOT must of, "must of been ...." it just makes no sense, people have miss heard "Must've" and converted it. There, their, they're... Abused all to hell everywhere. "They're over there eating their lunch", try that. Bare with me..... really? you want to get naked together ?? it's "Bear" There are a lot more, but I can never remember them when I try to think of examples. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
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