buck Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 It took Mr. Webster many years to create a new language based loosely on English, just to prove we're not a colony any more. He's succeeding.
CHAIRBOY Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 I thought "diskette" was German and relates to computers only. Everything else is disc. 'Platte' for both records and computers?
Ivor&Mel Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 It took Mr. Webster many years to create a new language based loosely on English, just to prove we're not a colony any more. He's succeeding. If it's a new language, why do you call it English? Can we sue?
Ivor&Mel Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 i meant the way words are spelt yeah they invented djs i suppose with alan freeman? no not FLUFF, back in the 50s Begs the question of who invented Fluff... and WHY??!!
melthebell Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 Begs the question of who invented Fluff... and WHY??!! errrrrrrrrrm he was born? wasnt he just known for mistakes just like uncle peely was? or did he have a wind problem?
Ivor&Mel Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 errrrrrrrrrm he was born? wasnt he just known for mistakes just like uncle peely was? or did he have a wind problem? Do you have evidence to back up that claim that he was born? I've always had serious doubts! Not sure how he got the name Fluff... we always used to call him a similar but rhyming name
buck Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 If it's a new language, why do you call it English? Can we sue? I'd prefer to call it American. Go ahead sue. You won't get a plugged nickel. Oops sorry, that's American.
Pooch_1 Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 If it's a new language, why do you call it English? Can we sue? Nope sorry you can't sue .... English/American as it is called, is drawn from their illiteracy of the English language, and of being unable to spell correctly.If you have never noticed, they spell sense as sence, and they don't lose anything, they loose it, as with all the other words that end in ise in the English dictionary, the american words end in ize, as in harmonize, sympathize, exersize etc etc etc. So to sue them for being illiterate would be discriminating against them. But they do have a book of spelling mistakes they call the american dictionary. :hihi:
SimpyTimpy Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Does anyone else get annoyed when you're on websites/installing programs etc and it asks for your language, you find English and it has an American flag next to it? Pet peeve of mine, i hate it I HATE IT I HATE IT :'(
hitchhiker Posted June 1, 2007 Author Posted June 1, 2007 Does anyone else get annoyed when you're on websites/installing programs etc and it asks for your language, you find English and it has an American flag next to it? Pet peeve of mine, i hate it I HATE IT I HATE IT :'( If it wan't for the Americans, English (American or other) wouldn't be the foremost language in the world (as opposed to the most widely spoken). Look at the fuss the French have been kicking up with the advent of the EU! I think that having to spell the odd word incorrectly is a small price to pay for not having to learn a whole new language just to use a computer!
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