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Topic	English is English not American.
Zeus 09/14/17 5:09:02 PM #16:	Nichtcrawler X posted... Zeus posted... Also I refuse to take seriously any language that spells "defense" with a "c." As opposed to the language that changed it for one word and then forgot to be consistent in all words derived from and related to it? Imagine how dense you'd have to be to think that. However, all of its derivations and relations DO use "s" instead of "c" so don't be so defensive (and even the British system uses "defensive" instead of "defencive"...) and instead use a little sense for a change. InfestedAdam posted... BlazeAndBlade posted... And colour with a U is how everybody spells it but America. You changed it. I don't know why but I have started spelling stuff with "u" some several months ago. Armour, colour, flavour, etc, etc. Why did the U.S. started changing this spelling in the first place? As for the topic at hand, I do find it funny when folks do say "Speak American". It's obvious majority of the time "American" refers to United States citizens but many seem to forget there's dozens of countries who are part of the Americas. Hell, we're even called United States of America. It didn't "change" it, English was non-standardized for hundreds of years with multiple acceptable variant spellings. However, the Brits decided to favor "ou" instead of just "o" (which is also logically inconsistent, since they don't pronounce it "col-ow-r" like they do for "our" and "flour") GanonsSpirit posted... Zeus posted... Also I refuse to take seriously any language that spells "defense" with a "c." Fence is spelled with a "c" though. Which is why I stand by the tag I set for you. =p Keep in mind that even the British system which uses "defence" and "defenceless" still reverts to "defensive" (instead of "defencive"), "defensively" (instead of "defencisely), etc, so they aren't even consistent with the "c" usage. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash <cite>Zeus posted [p:886605904] in English is... [t:75774209]...</cite> <quote><cite>Nichtcrawler X posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Also I refuse to take seriously any language that spells "defense" with a "c."</quote> As opposed to the language that changed it for one word and then forgot to be consistent in all words derived from and related to it?</quote> Imagine how dense you'd have to be to think that. However, all of its derivations and relations DO use "s" instead of "c" so don't be so defensive (and even the British system uses "defensive" instead of "defencive"...) and instead use a little sense for a change. <cite>InfestedAdam posted...</cite> <quote><cite>BlazeAndBlade posted...</cite> <quote>And colour with a U is how everybody spells it but America. You changed it.</quote> I don't know why but I have started spelling stuff with "u" some several months ago. Armour, colour, flavour, etc, etc. Why did the U.S. started changing this spelling in the first place? As for the topic at hand, I do find it funny when folks do say "Speak American". It's obvious majority of the time "American" refers to United States citizens but many seem to forget there's dozens of countries who are part of the Americas. Hell, we're even called United States of America.</quote> It didn't "change" it, English was non-standardized for hundreds of years with multiple acceptable variant spellings. However, the Brits decided to favor "ou" instead of just "o" (which is also logically inconsistent, since they don't pronounce it "col-ow-r" like they do for "our" and "flour") <cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Also I refuse to take seriously any language that spells "defense" with a "c."</quote> Fence is spelled with a "c" though.</quote> Which is why I stand by the tag I set for you. =p Keep in mind that even the British system which uses "defence" and "defenceless" still reverts to "defensive" (instead of "defencive"), "defensively" (instead of "defencisely), etc, so they aren't even consistent with the "c" usage. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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