A Slight Rant

[Carmenica Diaz]

Rather tired of Americans suggesting that I have not spelt words correctly.

Can I remind you, the language is “English”? Not, “Americanish”!

Thanks so much.

(Rant over, it’s safe to come back into the water.)

 

[Guest]

Rather tired of Americans suggesting that I have not spelt words correctly.

Can I remind you, the language is “English”? Not, “Americanish”!

Thanks so much.

(Rant over, it’s safe to come back into the water.)

I love the colour of your dress.

 

[Carmenica Diaz]

Thank you. Must admit it's an old favourite.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. Must admit it's an old favourite.

 

[Elenia26]

Hey, I'm American, and I love the way Brits talk. 'Specially Brit men. Even more so a handsome Brit man in a suit.

*drools*

 

[MissBri]

 

[Carmenica Diaz]

Funny - I'm American and prefer the British spellings of things. As an example, when I'm not posting stories to Lit, I'll normally type realise instead of realize. With my first few stories, I had multiple editors tell me that would hurt my scores.

It doesn't hurt me at all. I find the "z" unusually ugly in many words - one's upbringing I suppose. By the way, it's "zed" not "zee".

 

[Carmenica Diaz]

Hey, I'm American, and I love the way Brits talk. 'Specially Brit men. Even more so a handsome Brit man in a suit.

*drools*

Sorry, but some British accents are awful ( Danger, danger, upper class snob warning!) .

I suppose it's diffiuclt for Americans to notice the differences. I mean, all American accents sound the same to me so the reverse must apply.

 

[MissBri]

 

[Carmenica Diaz]

So do I - it's very harsh. Perhaps I should edit my stories, then.

Write the way it’s comfortable for you. I'd tell the whiners to sod off.

If a reader is so uniformed and non-cosmopolitan to expect a homogenous approach to the English language, they're not capable of understanding my work anyway. For them, I suggest a Disney comic - sure to have a happy ending.

 

[Guest]

I suppose it's diffiuclt for Americans to notice the differences. I mean, all American accents sound the same to me so the reverse must apply.

 

[TheEarl]

So do I - it's very harsh. Perhaps I should edit my stories, then.

That's it. Come over to our way of thinking. You'll find there's great colour and flavour in our correct use of the language. The simplified American spellings just smell sulphuric to me.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

I suppose it's diffiuclt for Americans to notice the differences. I mean, all American accents sound the same to me so the reverse must apply.

This is so very true. To my ear, there's 'Generic American' and 'Texan'. I can't pick any other American accent.

The Earl

 

[MissBri]

 

[Guest]

This is so very true. To my ear, there's 'Generic American' and 'Texan'. I can't pick any other American accent.

The Earl

Ah, we must meet then, dear Earl.

Subtle nuances live all about us.

 

[CharleyH]

Rather tired of Americans suggesting that I have not spelt words correctly.

Can I remind you, the language is “English”? Not, “Americanish”!

Thanks so much.

(Rant over, it’s safe to come back into the water.)

Yes, I get that comment about stories as well, and I am Canadian and spelling half Brit and half US. Americans love to force themselves in language, like its English? lol

Edit: Been to enough states to know better.

 

[TheEarl]

My pet peeve of the day - iTunes gives you a choice of languages and have something called American English, instead of my first language.

I'm always thoroughly tempted to select French or German whenever I'm forced to select that option.

The Earl

 

[Stella_Omega]

I realised at one point that I tended to use an 's' in preference to a 'z' - now I make it a matter of point.
I don't care if I spell it 'color' rather than 'colour', but I prefer to spell it 'grey' and not 'gray'
Carmencita, I can tell the differences between many UK accents- Sometimes I even know where they come from! (North, and the City being the easiest) The reason it's difficult to pinpoint American place accents is that there aren't that many anymore. The Depression of the 1930's created a diaspora that pushed populations hither and thither. Mixed up the soup, so to speak.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I always spell "gray" the European way: "grey."

 

[BlackShanglan]

It doesn't hurt me at all. I find the "z" unusually ugly in many words - one's upbringing I suppose. By the way, it's "zed" not "zee".

I'm very sorry that your editors and/or readers didn't recognize that your method of spelling was a coherent system with its own rules and reasoning. It's a shame when people can't recognize the difference between "wrong" and "different."

 

[cloudy]

all American accents sound the same to me so the reverse must apply.

You haven't heard me talk.

My accent is very southern, but there are slight differences between regions in the south.

Put me and someone from say, Massachusetts side by side, and you'd swear we're not even speaking the same language.

 

[Guest]

fuck this noise.
try being vella and speaking vellaese for a while. hrmf!

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

You haven't heard me talk.

My accent is very southern, but there are slight differences between regions in the south.

Put me and someone from say, Massachusetts side by side, and you'd swear we're not even speaking the same language.

And Georgia southern sounds different than say... Alabama or Tennessee southern.

 

[cloudy]

And Georgia southern sounds different than say... Alabama or Tennessee southern.

and Louisiana is in a class all it's own.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

and Louisiana is in a class all it's own.

Yep, lol.