Originally posted by eatmybishopThank you 'eatmybishop'. I've only just realised that US English spelling is phonetic, whereas British English spelling isn't. I need to issue a full apology to all of the residents of the states in the US whose names I have been mispronouncing all these years. Like 'Arkansas' (I've been leaving off the final 's'😉 and 'Connecticut' (the middle 'ec'😉, not to mention 'Seattle' and the 'Dakotas' (the 't's unaccountably sounded like the letter 'd'😉. Sorry. Now that I know everything in the US is pronounced properly I will do my best to get it correcticut.
yes, but the french got it from the latin centrum, the english or the americans do not pronounce it tre, why dont you just accept it and start spelling it the right way, CENTER...? you pronounce it cen... tre... do you, dont i didnt think so either... next you be saying quay (key) is spelt correctly... which just for the record it isnt, it is a very old form of english, at the time the letter k hadn't originated
Originally posted by DiapasonNice one.
Thank you 'eatmybishop'. I've only just realised that US English spelling is phonetic, whereas British English spelling isn't. I need to issue a full apology to all of the residents of the states in the US whose names I have been mispronouncing all these years. Like 'Arkansas' (I've been leaving off the final 's'😉 and 'Connecticut' (the middle 'ec'😉, not ...[text shortened]... g in the US is pronounced properly I will do my best to get it correcticut.
In the end, who really gives a rats arse? If someone spells it centre or center, so what? We know what they mean.
Languages are dynamic entities - changing constantly over time.
I think the word nazis out there might do better to get over it and get on with other more pressing aspects of life.
Originally posted by Diapasonthat's okay, i appreciate the honesty
Thank you 'eatmybishop'. I've only just realised that US English spelling is phonetic, whereas British English spelling isn't. I need to issue a full apology to all of the residents of the states in the US whose names I have been mispronouncing all these years. Like 'Arkansas' (I've been leaving off the final 's'😉 and 'Connecticut' (the middle 'ec'😉, not ...[text shortened]... g in the US is pronounced properly I will do my best to get it correcticut.
Originally posted by Thequ1ckWhat happens if you type 'colour' - will it accept that?
I checked on my Microsoft spell checker and it's definitely 'center'.
I'm sure that it's the UK version of the spelling because I checked
'UK English' half a dozen times when I was installing it.
I suspect you have ended up with the US spelling enabled by default. This can be changed after installation, so it is possible you did tick the box marked 'UK English', but that it got changed at a later date.
I would change it back! [In Word go to Tools > Set Language ...]
Originally posted by eatmybishopwhy the "but"?
when it was adopted into english use centrum was pronounced center, but because of the spelling of the original word, the r and the e were never turned round
its more natural to leave 'em the way they were.
the english spellings predate the american ones anyway
The post that was quoted here has been removedAs opposed to that uber sophisticated euro-diplomacy that does things like giving countries away on their way to bringing us the biggest phuelking war our countries have ever seen.
Mental note to America: When you give countries away (that aren't yours of course) and refuse to act until after its too late, then your diplomacy has arrived
You Euro tossers would be better off stuffing your fake superiority up your ars directly so I don't have to everytime you try to put it in my face.
i appreciate comments made on here, i think it's a shame a few people just become abusive with their comments when my initial point was trying to stress the point British English is dated with its spelling; it is in some need of freshness; the main reason for this would be for educational needs, i'm not in anyway trying to simplfy matters, but explaining to a child how words are made up and then explaining to a child why 'quay' is sounded as 'key' can do the teacher or the child no favours at all; there will always be a few who insist on it staying the same as it is but please bear in mind our standards for spelling came into existence around 300 years ago, yet it is one area that is never reviewed, merely accepted. people have also stated "why should our spelling be phonetic?"; this makes no sense at all, if the spelling of a word does not try to match its pronounciation then the art of spelling has no logic