Grammar Discussions

[Beano]

Your correct! What we may now decry as bad American English, was the original English anyway.

Although saying that the Americans did try to introduce a simplified spelling. Some changes made it into common usage, others did not.

 

[Dmac59]

Your correct! What we may now decry as bad American English, was the original English anyway.

You’re

 

[Beano]

You’re

OOPS! thanks for the correction, but then bulletin boards, social media etc. are exempt!

 

[AuSammy]

OOPS! thanks for the correction, but then bulletin boards, social media etc. are exempt!

Not on this thread; particularly

 

[Beano]

Not on this thread; particularly

Got it! Must mind my Ps and Qs!

 

[Brissy1]

Although saying that the Americans did try to introduce a simplified spelling. Some changes made it into common usage, others did not.

Using American lite, gaolable offence

 

[kookaburra75]

Using American lite, gaolable offence

But there are some gray areas...

 

[Beano]

But there are some gray areas...

Definitely "Grey" !?

 

[Beano]

I'm sure the spell checker on this website uses American English. For example it does not recognise the word 'cheque'. And tries to change an 's' into a 'z'!

 

[TheRealTMA]

You've got to remember that English developed from two routes, Anglo Saxon and Romance (Roman, French). For many situations you can use more than one word based on the different routes. At one time using a Romance based word was considered more acceptable (posh) than the Anglo Saxon equivalent.

I love English - the words for the animal are English while the words for the food from the animal are French.

 

[kookaburra75]

Definitely "Grey" !?

Tom-at-o or To-mat-o, all much the same.

And then there's our southern cousins, is it Hob-art, or Ho-bart?

 

[Dmac59]

Tom-at-o or To-mat-o, all much the same.

And then there's our southern cousins, is it Hob-art, or Ho-bart?

Always been Ho-bart IME

 

[Beano]

I love English - the words for the animal are English while the words for the food from the animal are French.

Always been Ho-bart IME

Well hullo Seed Knee, how about some feesh and cheeps!. ( I'm from NZ). Let's not not go much further. I can give you some town names whose pronunciation bears little resemblance to the spelling.

 

[Dmac59]

I can give you some town names whose pronunciation bears little resemblance to the spelling.

These two defeated me when I visited the North Island @Beano - Whangārei and Whakatane

 

[Beano]

These two defeated me when I visited the North Island @Beano - Whangārei and Whakatane

Trip off the tongue. Not a problem! Every letter is mostly pronounced phoenetically and "wh" is pronounced "f" or" hw" and "one" is o-nay, etc. etc. Don't forget Whanganui which had a name change from Wanganui. And off course there is Te Whanganui-a-Tara!