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Casanunda
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.08.14 20:01:00 -
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Originally by: Kent Reeves
Looking at the America-bashing in this thread we're clearly the only arrogant people on this forum. Also, firefox doesn't know "bastardisation."
That's because you spell it with a Z in the US
Bastardisation or bastardization may refer to:
- Corruption (linguistics), the process of corruption of the meaning of linguistic terms
- An Australian term for hazing
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Teryl Manara
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Posted - 2011.08.14 20:10:00 -
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Originally by: Titus Phook Edited by: Titus Phook on 14/08/2011 19:55:34 Colour... Damn, knew I'd missed out a word somewhere :)
To be fully candid about your arduous circumstance, I think you should favour my prevalence in google search and devour
oh fick it
http://www.morewords.com/ends-with/our/
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Lonox
Gallente Hilmar is Lord
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Posted - 2011.08.14 20:13:00 -
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America! **** yeah!
Originally by: Holly Cleland has red bruising and veins popping up where the monocle plugs in.
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Erim Solfara
Amarr inFluX.
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Posted - 2011.08.14 20:14:00 -
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Originally by: Kent Reeves
Originally by: Dub Step I love how Americans are arrogant and think their bastardisation of the English language and hatred of other cultures makes them superior but really just makes them look dumb.
Looking at the America-bashing in this thread we're clearly the only arrogant people on this forum. Also, firefox doesn't know "bastardisation."
Languages are ever changing, they do not stay the same. Your version of English isn't even the original version, it evolved from other languages as its evolving from your language in our home.
I have an axe to grind on this one.
'English' is the language spoken by the English, in England. Americans should not logically claim they speak 'English'. As soon as there are any significant differences between the languages, they are not speaking the 'English' that is defined above, so it should be called something else, even if it's highly compatible (as are some other languages in the world, that are very similar, but named differently).
If an American wants to I'm not using 'English' properly, he hasn't got a leg to stand on. If he wants to say that American (as a language) differs, feel free!
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Internet Knight
The Kobayashi Maru
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Posted - 2011.08.14 20:32:00 -
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Originally by: Erim Solfara If an American wants to I'm not using 'English' properly, he hasn't got a leg to stand on. If he wants to say that American (as a language) differs, feel free!
You, good sir, are speaking on the Internets, and I think my plumbing needs to have more mail messages. ---
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Herping yourDerp
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Posted - 2011.08.14 22:48:00 -
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armor is in AR-MORE not arm-hour. same thing with color, col-or not col-hour.
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Erim Solfara
Amarr inFluX.
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Posted - 2011.08.15 00:56:00 -
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Originally by: Herping yourDerp armor is in AR-MORE not arm-hour. same thing with color, col-or not col-hour.
Whoever said there was an H in it?
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Barbelo Valentinian
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2011.08.15 01:08:00 -
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Isn't there some linguistic argument that American English preserves some of the older English spellings?
I seem to remember reading something like that somewhere on the internets once. *****
"To wake up is to wake the world up" - D.E. Harding |
The Offerer
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.08.15 04:42:00 -
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Is this thing derailed? |
Sonva Lat
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Posted - 2011.08.15 17:11:00 -
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Originally by: Barbelo Valentinian Isn't there some linguistic argument that American English preserves some of the older English spellings?
I seem to remember reading something like that somewhere on the internets once.
It certainly does in some cases, such as using fall rather than autumn, but generally the trend has been away from traditional spellings to simpler versions (often by ignoring irregular verb use). Whilst seemingly innocuous in itself, it can lead to incorrect usage of words because the subtle difference in their meanings is lost (eg. learned vs learnt).
I tend to get annoyed about the American obsession with turning nouns in to verbs, it just seems lazy. I would much rather put my books "in alphabetical order" rather than "alphbetize" them. People should "disembark" from aeroplanes, rather than be "deplaned". People sometimes have to go to hospital, but are hardly ever actually turned in to hospitals as implied by "hospitalized".
Generally, however, I am happy to cope with Americans inability to use English well; however, I do get somewhat irate when they then berate people who do not fall in line with their terrible usage. Also, I love hearing Americans talking about ***** packs and not knowing why it is so funny. :)
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Toriessian
Amarr Helion Production Labs
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Posted - 2011.08.15 17:22:00 -
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Originally by: The Offerer Is this thing derailed?
Its more of a continued conversation than a derailment. The original question has been resolved.
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S3na
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.08.15 17:44:00 -
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To make it clear. Nowadays we have American English and British English. Both are English because both are made out of Original English (just English). As time passed by, to distinguish differences in dialects, English was split into American English and British English. British English is often referred to as Standard English. American English is just what red-necks managed to learn over the hundreds of years
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Lyrrashae
Minmatar Crushed Ambitions
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Posted - 2011.08.16 02:20:00 -
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Originally by: Titus Phook Rumour has it that an armour tank is used by those with a sense of honour, also a sense of humour is required to understand what I did here :P
Praat u Engels, boet?
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Serpent Kamri
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Posted - 2011.08.16 02:33:00 -
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Originally by: S3na To make it clear. Nowadays we have American English and British English. Both are English because both are made out of Original English (just English). As time passed by, to distinguish differences in dialects, English was split into American English and British English. British English is often referred to as Standard English. American English is just what red-necks managed to learn over the hundreds of years
Well, not exactly. British English is the origin "version". In the Americas the settlers came into contact with the Spanish, Danes, French and so on, who all added a little something into the local language. You can practically map out the old dialect map of the US according to which country settled down where.
So, British English is more pure. The US English mostly a mixed pot of English and influences from other European languages.
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Sharon Anne
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.08.16 03:00:00 -
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I was going to say something about the Canadians, but I can't think of anything.
The general epidemic of rectal-cranial inversion |
Vasentic
Lyonesse. The Remnant Legion
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Posted - 2011.08.16 03:09:00 -
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Originally by: Sharon Anne I was going to say something about the Canadians, but I can't think of anything.
Because we are not a bunch of yankee ****ers?
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Just Another Killmail
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Posted - 2011.08.16 04:44:00 -
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You get it from Ye olde Shoppe :)
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Cambarus
Malicious Destruction War Against the Manifest
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Posted - 2011.08.16 05:01:00 -
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Originally by: Just Another Killmail You get it from Ye olde Shoppe :)
My knowledge of the origins of the English language is at best shaky, but I'm pretty sure you meant Ķe, not Ye. |
Simetraz
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Posted - 2011.08.16 05:06:00 -
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Edited by: Simetraz on 16/08/2011 05:07:58
You know back oh never mind how many years now. British friend of mine and I sat down one night discussing this very subject, after having several pints.
So the short of it we found a unabridged dictionary and found every last word in it. American and British same book same language English.
Probably why people trying to learn this language get such a headache.
And as far as the usage, well US and British are not strangers to accents, and word usage that differs from region to region.
My friend grew up in Suffolk County and even though he lost the accent over the years he could put it back when he wanted too. And let me tell you, we both had a laugh as normally he sounded like he was from London which funny enough after so much time in England so did I. It was not uncommon for people to think I was British (long gone now), great for watching the American tourists that you can here a mile away and have a laugh. Loud American is very accurate and that is coming from one of your own.
The point is everyone can get over themselves as we aren't that different.
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Sadayiel
Caldari Inner Conflict
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Posted - 2011.08.16 06:02:00 -
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Originally by: Simetraz Edited by: Simetraz on 16/08/2011 05:10:58
You know back oh never mind how many years now. British friend of mine and I sat down one night discussing this very subject, after having several pints.
So the short of it we found a unabridged dictionary and found every last word in it. American and British same book same language English.
Probably why people trying to learn this language get such a headache.
And as far as the usage, well US and British are not strangers to accents, and word usage that differs from region to region.
My friend grew up in Suffolk and even though he lost the accent over the years he could put it back when he wanted too. And let me tell you, we both had a laugh as normally he sounded like he was from London which funny enough after so much time in England so did I. It was not uncommon for people to think I was British (long gone now), great for watching the American tourists that you can here a mile away and have a laugh. Loud American is very accurate and that is coming from one of your own.
The point is everyone can get over themselves as we aren't that different.
And all this discussion mostly comes because no one even bothered to try this with the english language.
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Steve Ronuken
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Posted - 2011.08.16 06:39:00 -
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If you want to know about why Americans spell things the way they do, go read about Noah Webster.
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Thorn Galen
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2011.08.16 07:19:00 -
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Edited by: Thorn Galen on 16/08/2011 07:19:40 Sometimes I dread accessing these forums because of threads such as this one.
It started off with a post about armour tanking and degenerates into a futile language-bashing tirade....... It is true that English has many different flavours - delight in them, don't fight ?
Eve, I despair!!
BTW - @Op, I noticed the same effect, sig radius does increase. |
Dr Offensive
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Posted - 2011.08.16 09:47:00 -
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BY GOD, IF YOU AMERICANS CANNOT SPEAK THE QUEENS ENGLISH PROPERLY, THEN YOU SHAN'T BE ALLOWED TO USE IT AT ALL!!!
There, i've said it now and i'm not taking it back.
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Vlad Chistian
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Posted - 2011.08.16 09:56:00 -
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Armour HACs, Armour HACs, ARMOUR HACS! |
Thorn Galen
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2011.08.16 10:49:00 -
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This sentence has exactly three erors in it,
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Myfanwy Heimdal
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.08.16 11:05:00 -
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Originally by: Pok Nibin Yeah, I love it how the Brits have carefully kept the French influence more than a little visible. Cheerio. Pip. Pip.
To quote a recent American President, "The French have no word for entrepreneur."
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Josie Ironside
Caldari Augnais Enterprises
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Posted - 2011.08.16 11:20:00 -
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To be honest, English has always been pretty much a grab-bag of whatever words from other places we found handy. Whole bunches of Anglo-saxon, Norman french, bits and bats of latin, a smattering of danish and norwegian, and words from a thousand and one places that have just been assimilated (in a lot of cases over the last few hundred years or so, from cultures we "invited" to be part of our empire.)
Spelling's only really become important since literacy became the rule, rather the exception.
Linguistic purity? Whats that again?
"What am I supposed to do, talk to them sternly?"
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ChromeStriker
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Posted - 2011.08.16 11:20:00 -
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ALUMINIUM!
try that one out for size - Nulla Curas |
Long John Silver
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Posted - 2011.08.16 11:25:00 -
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Originally by: Dr Offensive BY GOD, IF YOU AMERICANS CANNOT SPEAK THE QUEENS ENGLISH PROPERLY, THEN YOU SHAN'T BE ALLOWED TO USE IT AT ALL!!!
There, i've said it now and i'm not taking it back.
But the Yanks don't speak Queen's English, they speak American English. Myself, I prefer Pidgin English. As for the French, parlay vous Franglais?
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Chimera Ur
Nibado Inc
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Posted - 2011.08.16 11:35:00 -
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Originally by: Barbelo Valentinian Isn't there some linguistic argument that American English preserves some of the older English spellings?
Such as 'lite' beer and 'tonite'? :P . |
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