America's illiteracy. (656 hits)
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Submitted by <mattross1.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-08-12 16:31:29 EDT
As a briton who surfs the internet on a regular basis, I've recently started to get annoyed by the illiteracy of people today. People who post on forums or on sites such as this seem to be unable to spell or construct simple sentences. Is it laziness or poor education?, either way it really pisses me off. It seems that Americans are the main offenders, not only do they misspell words like favourite, colour, and centre but also pronounce words like aluminium, data and process completely wrong.
I mean aluminium, look at the way it is spelled, notice the 'i' between the 'n' and the 'u'?, why does this 'i' not get pronounced?, it's not a silent 'i', for godsake.
I know the spelling issue is a trivial matter, but these words seem to be forced on the rest of the world. As a programmer, I have to constantly use commands that have these misspelled words, and it really bugs me, arghhh.
Matt, Liverpool.
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-09-21 19:50:05 EDT (#)
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Uh, I think he was kidding and/or making fun of us. I don't think that's bad, I kinda "get it".
Submitted by AntiAmerican (user info) at 2004-09-21 19:34:48 EDT (#)
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Thanks for the valid point on my site
~Erica
Submitted by Erica at 2004-09-21 18:41:39 EDT (#)
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Americans spell things differently and I will tell you why.
The less letters in a word, the better.
Hence, Colour is color
Neighbour is neighbor
Favour is favor
etc.
Center and centre have the same amount of letters, but center is a lot easier for Americans to "sound and spell" meaning (now this is for your Americans) to sound out the word, then spelling it.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-09-20 07:54:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-09-20 07:34:15 (#)
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You know how annoying it is when people negatively review and just say "No Comment"? Well quite a lot actually!
Learn to review fuckhead.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-08-12 18:56:30 EDT (#)
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Please check the spelling of the following sentence:
"Shaddap, ya limey prick."
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-08-12 18:45:06 EDT (#)
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How is Latin "bullshit?" It is the partial inspiration for the language you speak. Over time English was formed from German, both of which have many words from Latin. If the word you spell is "colour," it is obvious that at some point a Latin moron said, "WHY R U GUYZ SPELLING COLOR RONG?!LOL!?!" We are speaking the same language with different nuances. Have you noticed how I've put my punctuation points inside the quotation marks? That is what is "official" here in America. In Britain, it is "official" to put the punctuation points outside the quotation marks.
But in the end, you British need to stop complaining, because it is not as if your form of the language is the original form. It is an assimilation from other languages and morphed over time to what it is today. Maybe if we hadn't slaughtered you in two consecutive wars, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. But that's how it goes..
Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:50:44 EDT (#)
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Wow, that's an amazing piece of information. It's a pity that latin is bullshit, just like 'american'. LOSER.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:44:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:31:14 (#)
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" I spell "favorite", "color" and "center" perfectly. "
No, you spell these words wrong, you just don't know it.
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You are a moron. Languages naturally evolve as time goes on and as groups of people leave for other places of the world. Look at this:
Color's roots:
[Middle English colour, from Old French, from Latin color. See kel-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
That means that our American word "color" comes from the English "colour" which came from the Latin "color."
Here's some more latin for you: quod erat demonstrandum. QED.
Submitted by capnjacko (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:35:20 EDT (#)
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Prince Charles gives me hummers under my desk at the office. I grab him by the ears to get better leverage. Cheers to that, mate!
Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:31:14 EDT (#)
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" I spell "favorite", "color" and "center" perfectly. "
No, you spell these words wrong, you just don't know it.
Submitted by WRECKER (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:27:16 EDT (#)
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glad i could help out.
Submitted by downerSTAIN (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:26:54 EDT (#)
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Fuck 'U'.
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:23:20 EDT (#)
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"It seems that Americans are the main offenders, not only do they misspell words like favourite, colour, and centre but also pronounce words like aluminium, data and process completely wrong."
I spell "favorite", "color" and "center" perfectly.
Doug, Long Island, New York.
Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:19:21 EDT (#)
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Well WRECKER, you certainly taught me a lesson, gee.
Submitted by WRECKER (user info) at 2004-08-12 17:11:17 EDT (#)
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you suck. back to the tit of your mother i say. stick that in your tea mate.
Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:58:00 EDT (#)
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I wasn't joking, you've clearly shown yourself as an example of what I was talking about. Thanks, I appreciate the example you provided.
Submitted by WRECKER (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:54:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:45:42 (#)
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I'm sure you meant breathe, or is that another "Americanism"?
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you're not quick with jokes are you junior?
edit: sorry, i forgot to quote
Submitted by WRECKER (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:53:44 EDT (#)
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you're not quick with jokes are you junior?
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:51:45 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Uber. (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:45:42 EDT (#)
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I'm sure you meant breathe, or is that another "Americanism"?
Submitted by WRECKER (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:43:25 EDT (#)
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i hope you go into a coma, forget how to breath, and no one learns how two again. fawker.
Submitted by ParlorTrick (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:41:29 EDT (#)
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Matt - Thanks for your comments.
I could be wrong as I am an American, however, Briton should be capitalized, and aluminium is spelled aluminum (at least here in America).
Oh, and if you could start your sentences with a capital letter that would be great.
"either way it really pisses me off."
Submitted by Nator (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:41:17 EDT (#)
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Funnyman!!
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:39:43 EDT (#)
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Wow. The irony of it all. Yawn.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:38:31 EDT (#)
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Is it normal punctuation?, is it?, really?, ok.
Submitted by Vermin (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:37:21 EDT (#)
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OMFG!!! Complaining about illiteracy while writing an illiterate post! That is so fucking edgy and ironic. You are a turd.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:35:24 EDT (#)
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who would spell aluminum and why?
it's lazyness. it's to be annoying. but you don't post about it.
oh wait. it's spt.
good job, lad! the queen mum would be so proud!
Submitted by gamma (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:34:28 EDT (#)
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Wow, an alter-ego to match up with the Andrew Constable alter-ego.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2004-08-12 16:32:42 EDT (#)
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SHENANIGANS!
Hope I'm the first!