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re: Of the four major Anglophonic countries, why is American English the most sensible?
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:01 pm to Gravitiger
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:01 pm to Gravitiger
quote:It works both ways. In the '60s some American acts used English accents to emulate the Beatlesquote:Yep. Because they were emulating black Blues singers. Only truly American music.
All I know is when those limeys sing rock n roll, they lose their accent - it sounds American. Can't get more right than that.
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Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:01 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Ah-loo-minium
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:03 pm to USMEagles
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They're not straw berries.
They aren’t even berries if you want to be technical
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:04 pm to Delacroix22
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he American spelling changes were seen as sensible and patriotic. Separating ourselves from England even further. Fun fact. To his dying day Webster was adamant that the correct spelling of “Acre” should have been “Aker”.
“Simpler” spelling variations spoke to the rustic ethos of early America and the fact that most literate people were self-taught, having learned to spell from phonetic estimations of what they thought were the correct ways to spell things.
Lots of early Americans wanted to emphasize this characteristic of the US, including Ben Franklin.
But changing “acre” to “aker” is perhaps one step too far.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:08 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Defence>Defense
I choose UK
I choose UK
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:15 pm to Auburn80
Aluminium that is all, there's only one I in the elemental spelling of fricking Aluminum, ya limey fricks American> than that tosser uva dialect known as the queen's English
This post was edited on 2/15/22 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 2/15/22 at 8:53 pm to UndercoverBryologist
We did it just to piss the British off
Posted on 2/15/22 at 9:18 pm to UndercoverBryologist
There was a movement to simplify spelling. I saw this on Mysteries of the Museum. Here is a Wikipedia article LINK
Posted on 2/15/22 at 9:22 pm to USMEagles
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Also, what about "strawberries?" They're not straw berries.
Then what are they?
Posted on 2/15/22 at 9:23 pm to SEClint
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Was a fiat 500, seemed like 2 twinks on a road trip together and were doing like 55 in a 65.
At least you know their shite was packed
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:27 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Pass me a fig means something entirely different in the UK than in San Francisco…
This post was edited on 2/15/22 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:30 pm to fr33manator
quote:ive listened to that entire podcast series front to back 3 times
Anyone that likes language should listen to the “History of English podcast”
TYFYS
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:31 pm to dallastigers
quote:taking the piss with a fig and getting knocked up is definitely less disgusting in England
Pass me fig means something entirely different in the UK than in San Francisco…
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:34 pm to TheWalrus
quote:I believe George Bernard Shaw in his will left the bulk of his estate to finance such a campaign
There was a movement to simplify spelling
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:35 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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What? Do you pronounce it “Birming-um” as if the h is silent? Why did the English put so many silent consonants in their language?
their mouths don’t work properly due to poor dental hygiene
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:38 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Should be defence... Americans misspell it. Fencing is agressively going after someone with a pointy thing... Defencing is right the opposite of going at someone.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 10:47 pm to SeafoodPlatter
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Aluminium that is all, there's only one I in the elemental spelling of fricking Aluminum
The Brits spell it aluminium as does the international body of chemistry.
Posted on 2/15/22 at 11:26 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 2/15/22 at 11:27 pm to Kafka
quote:Yep. Robert Johnson went to his grave wishing he could croon like Paul McCartney.
It works both ways. In the '60s some American acts used English accents to emulate the Beatles
This post was edited on 2/15/22 at 11:33 pm
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