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2010/08/11 13:52:42
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
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2010/08/11 13:54:41
Subject: Re:Now, I know Americans like to play around with who they spell things, but this...?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Oh see thats in Norkalina. Yes thats how they pronounce it
Anyways, so its totally fine that its spelled wrong there  And yes you are making fun of the Americans alot. It hurts my feelings
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2010/08/11 13:57:35
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with who they spell things, but this...?
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Lady of the Lake
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*reads title*
I see what you did there
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2010/08/11 14:01:49
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with who they spell things, but this...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Psssh we dont need your stinking British grammer.
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2010/08/11 14:09:43
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with who they spell things, but this...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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n0t_u wrote:*reads title*
I see what you did there
Nah, that was just a mistake! Automatically Appended Next Post: Catyrpelius wrote:Psssh we dont need your stinking British grammer.
Nor spelling, obviously.  Automatically Appended Next Post: KingCracker wrote:Oh see thats in Norkalina. Yes thats how they pronounce it
Anyways, so its totally fine that its spelled wrong there And yes you are making fun of the Americans alot. It hurts my feelings
Sowwy :(
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2010/08/11 14:11:32
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with who they spell things, but this...?
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Ancient Ultramarine Venerable Dreadnought
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Catyrpelius wrote:Psssh we dont need your stinking British grammer.
Indeed you dont, U R FYNE SPELLING LIKE DAT LOLZ!
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2010/08/11 14:18:45
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
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2010/08/11 14:24:49
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2010/08/11 14:27:39
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
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2010/08/11 14:28:23
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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LOL.
I dunno, frazzled. I wouldn't be surprised to see "E CSUELA" painted on a Texas street. Automatically Appended Next Post: whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
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2010/08/11 14:30:53
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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My spelling is perfectly acceptable given my chosen profession.
If you dont like the way we spell, go eat a crumpit or something.
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2010/08/11 14:32:54
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Manchu wrote:whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
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2010/08/11 14:33:50
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
You just did what you accused Americans of....duh!
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2010/08/11 14:34:49
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Frazzled wrote:whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:Spelling: the one last thing that Brits can feel superior about in their guilt-ridden, politically correct, post-Imperial decline.
I would hope most brits don't feel the incessant need to feel superior in whatever they are doing, nor summarise the characteristics of their whole nation as their own. Those are two very American things I think.
I say, Pot, have you had a chance to meet Kettle?
The implication I'm being hypocritical works...how?
You just did what you accused Americans of....duh!
And hows that?
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2010/08/11 14:34:52
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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Manchu: Brits often act in a snobbish way.
whatwhat: Well, at least we don't throw around generalizations about other cultures. Like you Americans do.
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2010/08/11 14:35:33
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Manchu wrote:Manchu: Brits often act in snobbish way.
whatwhat: Well, at least we don't throw around generalizations about other cultures. Like you Americans do.
Exactly.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2010/08/11 14:36:39
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Manchu wrote:Manchu: Brits often act in a snobbish way.
whatwhat: Well, at least we don't throw around generalizations about other cultures. Like you Americans do.
Erm, no. There was nothing in what I said commenting about generalisations. I was talking about that patriotic thing you do when you refer to your nation as 'Us' or 'we' as if it was your own self.
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2010/08/11 14:38:16
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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Alright, sorry for . . . misreading your post I guess?
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2010/08/11 14:39:23
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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No, you're totally wrong. Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but the words you wrote contain a generalisation.
Heh. And British people (like everyone, me included) LOVE generalisations. I wanted to get a "Stereotype me, I'm Irish!" shirt after a month of it (See what I did there?)
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2010/08/11 14:40:40
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Manchu wrote:Alright, sorry for . . . misreading your post I guess?
Who has a black kettle these days anyway?
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2010/08/11 14:41:38
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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Electric kettles aren't common in america apparently!
I was shocked too.
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2010/08/11 14:42:31
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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I guess they don't do the hot drinks thing like we do.
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There's your chance to use that idiom correctly btw
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2010/08/11 14:43:28
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Frazzled wrote:Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.
Try to find a McDonald's in Houston where the primary language spoken by the crew is English. I double dog dare you.
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2010/08/11 14:45:18
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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whatwhat wrote:Manchu wrote:Alright, sorry for . . . misreading your post I guess?
Who has a black kettle these days anyway?
That's quite a good point. My pots and kettle are all silver, however.
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2010/08/11 14:46:30
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Lady of the Lake
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It's really that bad?
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2010/08/11 14:47:38
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Solahma
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kronk wrote:Frazzled wrote:Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.
Try to find a McDonald's in Houston where the primary language spoken by the crew is English. I double dog dare you.
This is also problematic in Northern Virginia.
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2010/08/11 14:48:59
Subject: Re:Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Terminator with Assault Cannon
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8704838.stm
If the OP had bothered to follow the link posted above......
Most of those misspellings are in his country.
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2010/08/11 14:55:29
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Da Boss wrote:Kettles aren't common in america apparently!
I was shocked too.
Corrected your typo.  Automatically Appended Next Post: kronk wrote:Frazzled wrote:Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.
Try to find a McDonald's in Houston where the primary language spoken by the crew is English. I double dog dare you.
No, that dare would scare Diogenes.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2010/08/11 15:05:57
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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Frazzled wrote:Fifty wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604
Sorry, I feel I am picking on Americans recently, but really it is the BBC who are picking on them, as that is where my links all come from!
Why do you think an American did that? I don't know about Carolina, but road crews in Texas generally don't speak English at this point.
Lol, I really hadn't thought of that!
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2010/08/11 15:08:59
Subject: Now, I know Americans like to play around with how they spell things, but this...?
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Somewhere in south-central England.
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Manchu wrote:Manchu: Brits often act in a snobbish way.
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No, we don't. It comes naturally to us.
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