[Lemmy]

BartSimpson wrote:

If the Commonwealth nations wish to make themselves more attractive to immigrants who can't hack learning proper English then that's fine with me. We'll take the smarter people and you folks can have the people for whom basic spelling constitutes a challenge.

Labour, colour, neighbour? Yeah, you Yanks are ones to be talking about taking liberties with language. If you lot had your way, we'd all be living in hoses.

[BartSimpson]

Lemmy wrote:

BartSimpson wrote:

If the Commonwealth nations wish to make themselves more attractive to immigrants who can't hack learning proper English then that's fine with me. We'll take the smarter people and you folks can have the people for whom basic spelling constitutes a challenge.

Labour, colour, neighbour? Yeah, you Yanks are ones to be talking about taking liberties with language. If you lot had your way, we'd all be living in hoses.

Thank you for demonstrating your grasp of the language. There's no need for me to insult you when you're doing just fine in that regard all on your own.

[Mr_Canada]

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

[Quantum_Wizard]

Mr_Canada wrote:

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

Americanization?

[BartSimpson]

Mr_Canada wrote:

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

Dude, this BS is coming out of England.

[Benn]

Change what they want. I'll spell things the way I always have. Which of course is wrong at least 10% of the time lol

Manitoba had an issue with the three day long Grade twelve English exams getting leaked last month. It was funny to see the comments from students who wrote in on the issue to the papers, every comment had a number of things spelled wrong or grammatically wrong with it. Our grade ten babysitter emails us and I have to insert commas and change the tense to figure out what she really is trying to say. I should ask her to just "text" language us from now on.

If what people here mean byt he "language evolves" means evolves via lack of education, teaching and proper learning then yes, I guess it is evolving.

[Mr_Canada]

BartSimpson wrote:

Mr_Canada wrote:

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

Dude, this BS is coming out of England.

I consider it Americanization, and I consider England almost more Americanized then Canada.

They've been drinking too much.

Do not change current English words.

Expand, not Shrink. 1984.

[Mr_Canada]

Quantum_Wizard wrote:

Mr_Canada wrote:

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

Americanization?

American English.

Simplified English basically.

I define American English as being the layman language for people who don't know what "layman" means.

[BartSimpson]

Mr_Canada wrote:

I define American English as being the layman language for people who don't know what "layman" means.

Fortunately, we do have you to help illustrate the meaning of 'layabout'.

[Mr_Canada]

BartSimpson wrote:

Mr_Canada wrote:

I define American English as being the layman language for people who don't know what "layman" means.

Fortunately, we do have you to help illustrate the meaning of 'layabout'.

Layabot.

[Benn]

Mr_Canada wrote:

I define American English as being the layman language for people who don't know what "layman" means.

LOL

Reminds me for some Americans I knew while living overseas who instead of saying, "they don't speak English" would consistently say 'They don't speak American."

[Brenda]

Mr_Canada wrote:

BartSimpson wrote:

Mr_Canada wrote:

I am opposed to the Americanization of the English Language in Canada.

Keep that ridiculous nonsense out of here.

Dude, this BS is coming out of England.

I consider it Americanization, and I consider England almost more Americanized than Canada.

They've been drinking too much.

Do not change current English words.

Expand, not Shrink. 1984.

Corrected your spelling for ya.

Done by an immigrant, whose second language is not English, but German

[whiskeyjack]

Quote:

Hei, whiskeyjack. Minun mielestäni kirjoitusasun ja äänteiden vastaavuus on englannissa sekavampi kuin missään muussa tuntemassani kielessä. Uudistus voisi tehdä siitä paljon paremman.

Its the way it is, no point to say anything about it. Ive seen examples of english being spelled out letter for letter like they do in finnish, and it looks way to dull for my liking...

[BartSimpson]

Mr_Canada wrote:

I consider it Americanization, and I consider England almost more Americanized then Canada.

I just noticed that you prefer to use the Americanized version of Americanized.

Wouldn't a linguistic purist such as yourself prefer to say Americanised?

And isn't it just fu**ing BEAUTIFUL that you're hearing this from an American?

[Zipperfish]

Quantum_Wizard wrote:

How does complexity in spelling add to its richness?

Here's an example:

"Now is the winter of my discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York"

If "son" and "sun" were spelled the same, it would lose its meaning.

There's tons in Shakespeare--little turns that depend upon a play on homynyms, or synonyms. Magic.