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Rokyfan
As an american, I was under the impression that "American-English" spelling meant spell it whatever the @#$%& way you want.
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Rockman
...simple Al don't mention a bogeyman/boogeyman with a moustache/mustache
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Big Al
As this is a European website and the U.K. is a European country, I was wondering if we could perhaps have the spelling-settings changed to English from what it currently is: 'American-English' I keep getting notified of spelling errors that I am not making!
This is all a little tongue-in-cheek, by the way!
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latebloomer
English is a strange and colorful language. Just think about all the words that have different spellings and meanings but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether. It's got to be difficult to learn for non-native speakers.
Keep or don't keep your "u" Brits, but do you pronounce it cul - or or cul - er?
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NICOS
IORR doesn't do the spelling for you it's your operating system ...just select your txt and right click change language and select English UK if not present add it...
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latebloomer
English is a strange and colorful language. Just think about all the words that have different spellings and meanings but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether. It's got to be difficult to learn for non-native speakers.
Keep or don't keep your "u" Brits, but do you pronounce it cul - or or cul - er?
In my opinion English is a rather limited language. The only 'strange' thing about it is that it's a Germanic-Romance language (many words have a French origin, thanks to William the Conqueror and his Norman friends. It's not difficult at all for non-native speakers, as there's always the context. Without the context even native speakers would have a problem. This thing is characteristic of any language. A friend of mine who has an American mother and speaks American just as well as Dutch always wondered how it was possible that I didn't make mistakes concerning 'a' and 'an' before a noun. But it's simply not 'natural' to say for example 'an tree' or 'a apple'. Also not for non-native speakers. Anyway I prefer English and the English spelling.
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latebloomer
English is a strange and colorful language. Just think about all the words that have different spellings and meanings but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether. It's got to be difficult to learn for non-native speakers.
Keep or don't keep your "u" Brits, but do you pronounce it cul - or or cul - er?
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latebloomer
English is a strange and colorful language. Just think about all the words that have different spellings and meanings but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether. It's got to be difficult to learn for non-native speakers.
Keep or don't keep your "u" Brits, but do you pronounce it cul - or or cul - er?
Neither....Cull-a
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latebloomer
English is a strange and colorful language. Just think about all the words that have different spellings and meanings but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether. It's got to be difficult to learn for non-native speakers.
Keep or don't keep your "u" Brits, but do you pronounce it cul - or or cul - er?
Neither....Cull-a
It pronounced colour.
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latebloomer
but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether.
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latebloomer
but are pronounced the same way, like two, to, and too, and weather and whether.
In the English that I learned, those words are absolutely not pronounced the same way.
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kleermaker
I don't recognize anything any Limburgian pronounces.
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bv
Are there petrol stations in USA? And how much beer is there in a pint?
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bv
And how much beer is there in a pint?
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SwayStones
I prefer American pronunciation.
I've been told that many of the spelling differences result from French influence on English. Americans spell words more closely to the way they sound phonetically .
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Big Al
As this is a European website and the U.K. is a European country, I was wondering if we could perhaps have the spelling-settings changed to English from what it currently is: 'American-English' I keep getting notified of spelling errors that I am not making!
This is all a little tongue-in-cheek, by the way!
IORR doesn't do the spelling for you it's your operating system ...just select your txt and right click change language and select English UK if not present add it...
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SwayStones
I prefer American pronunciation.
I've been told that many of the spelling differences result from French influence on English. Americans spell words more closely to the way they sound phonetically .
Hmm I wonder why that is?
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Aquamarine
Because Webster decided that was more logical when he was compiling his dictionary. It was one man's decision, basically.
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SwayStones
I prefer American pronunciation.
I've been told that many of the spelling differences result from French influence on English. Americans spell words more closely to the way they sound phonetically .
Hmm I wonder why that is?
Because Webster decided that was more logical when he was compiling his dictionary. It was one man's decision, basically.