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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 |
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| 1232598 | 2011-09-22 00:02:00 | Bare with me..... really? you want to get naked together ?? it's "Bear" Damn ... and here I am thinking it was BEER with me ... :D |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1232599 | 2011-09-22 00:07:00 | I've always pronounced it Zee, never Zed. When reciting the alphabet, 'Z' is pronounced as Zed. When Z is used in combination with other letters, for instance 'Zealand', the Z is pronounced as Zee. We need a Schoolmaster avatar with a big stick here |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1232600 | 2011-09-22 00:11:00 | I am available to wave a big stick ... | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1232601 | 2011-09-22 00:25:00 | Absolute hogwash 1101. English is very much an evolving language and always has been. Read 'The Adventure of English' by Melvyn Bragg and you may learn something.Your own use of grammar, spelling and punctuation points to a very lack of understanding on your part. If you think 'textspeak' will replace proper written English ever, you are in lala land. As a matter of interest, Americans use the word 'gotten' when we would simply say 'got'. So you would say that their use of a much older word is evolution? Doing God's work? Utter balderdash. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1232602 | 2011-09-22 01:01:00 | Select all text in the document, then change the language to ... English (UK) Yes that worked. I'm reasonably sure I have done that in the past. I think it reverts. I now have some test words. I will check them before I start editing and re-apply your advice if they revert: (The first column is preferred or at least acceptable in UK English and none of the words in that column should be underlined in Word) colour color neighbour neighbor behaviour behavior favourite favorite theatre theater manoeuvre maneuver defence defense realise realize organise organize analyse analyze analogue analog catalogue catalog caesium cesium cancelled canceled travelling traveling wilful willful instalment installment ageing aging sizeable sizable artefact artifact cosy cozy grey gray kerb curb mould mold omelette omelet plough plow sceptic skeptic sulphur sulfur tyre tire Mr Mr. litre liter |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1232603 | 2011-09-22 01:28:00 | I have noticed that sometimes, when using right click on a word and choosing ~ English Au or UK, Word does sometimes revert back to English US. If you go into Control Panel > Language > Regional & Language Options ... changing it in there stops it from reverting back to US. Note : I'm using XP so unsure whether it's the same in Vista :yuck:, or 7 |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1232604 | 2011-09-22 01:32:00 | Absolute hogwash 1101 . English is very much an evolving language and always has been . Read 'The Adventure of English' by Melvyn Bragg and you may learn something . Your own use of grammar, spelling and punctuation points to a very lack of understanding on your part . If you think 'textspeak' will replace proper written English ever, you are in lala land . As a matter of interest, Americans use the word 'gotten' when we would simply say 'got' . So you would say that their use of a much older word is evolution? Doing God's work? Utter balderdash . Yoiuse guys wouldda gotten yer knees broke speakin' dat in Chicago . What are we looking for here - plu-perfect case? EG: "I would have gotten the car from the gas station, but some Kiwi said it was at the petrol station and we ain't gots none ov dem here dat I knows of . " |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1232605 | 2011-09-22 01:44:00 | Actually SurferJoe, pluperfect is a tense not a case ;) I don't mind American spelling, it's when they don't use the subjunctive mood in the protasis of a conditional statement... Hate that | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1232606 | 2011-09-22 01:56:00 | Gawd yeah! Gripes my butt when that happens, mate . I'm actually in Snowflake Arizona right now . Vacation time in the early Fall for wife and me . Left home in California at 5AM and after a long lunch in Glendale Arizona at a real NY Pizza place, we got here at about 4:45PM . Two days here closing the home in Concho (the same place John Wayne - never mind), then on the Fort Collins, Colorado and a few days there then onto Missoula Montana, and a few days there and then to Caldwell, Idaho and home again going through Reno Nevada . 3500 miles or so in 10-14 days, |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1232607 | 2011-09-22 02:02:00 | Of course language evolves. However, I do wonder if our standards drop so far, then how would they even know how to use 'textspeak'? Yes, I do sometimes use it when texting...slaps Marnie. I have lost count of the times I have cringed when I hear some TV presenters speak. I do not expect total perfection, (none of us are perfect) but I do expect some care and attention to be given to the English language. That can be done without sounding 'stuffy'. Some could make a good start by pronouncing the letter 'i' as an 'i' and not a 'u'. It has been my experience with my students and their spelling errors, that a lot can be traced to how they hear words being pronounced. e.g. Febuary instead of February. I know a lot of Canadians who make sure they use British spelling but it does seem that more and more of them are leaning towards to that used by their American cousins. IMHO Old man Noah Webster has a lot to answer for. :) |
Marnie (4574) | ||
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