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Zyress
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#201 - 2012-03-27 16:58:35 UTC
ctx2007 wrote:
Hmm how many americans can only speak spanish.

As for those in the deep south well i dont know what they speak but its not english. "SSQQQQEEEEKKKKKKKK like a pig!!!"


Thats "Squeeeeeeal like a pig" actually.
Zyress
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#202 - 2012-03-27 17:12:58 UTC
Sasha Khaine wrote:
British - Hey American how do you say aluminium?

American - ALOOMINUM

myface.jpg


British - ALOOMNIMIUM
Zyress
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#203 - 2012-03-27 17:15:58 UTC
knobber Jobbler wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:


If you were to travel back in time 200 years, you would not be able to hold a conversation with someone in England, let alone Scotland, Ireland or Wales.



Yes, you would. English 200 years ago was extremely well defined. You can go back 500 years and read documents quite clearly, certainly without any training.

Onictus wrote:
Ai Shun wrote:
Onictus wrote:
Too bad American's outnumber the rest of the native English speaking word. Sorry and all.


Go and add up the numbers across the rest of the world and compare it to the USA. Sorry, but you guys are tiny compared to the rest of the world - most of which use English; not United States English.



LOL Like whom?

We have double the population of the UK, Australia and New Zealand combined. Canada uses American spelling and eveyone else isn't a NATIVE speaking country. It just depends on who you learn your English from.

When I work in Norway I joke that they have British accents.....Japanese and Koreans often use the American dialect in my experience.


Who invented and propagated the language? More importantly, who invaded and traded there way to be the super power to make the language so internationally important? It wasn't that backwards colony which without French help would still have a Union Jack in the flag, that's for sure.

FYI US English isn't a dialect, its a bastardisation.


Ever try to read Beowulf in the olde english? Not very english like.
adopt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#204 - 2012-03-27 17:32:16 UTC
Zyress wrote:
Sasha Khaine wrote:
British - Hey American how do you say aluminium?

American - ALOOMINUM

myface.jpg


English - Aloom-in-ium


FTFY
Doddy
Excidium.
#205 - 2012-03-27 17:40:56 UTC
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire Smile


Bit of a jump to be honest, i mean if the US didn't exist wouldn't Britain have had this huge economic/industrial/manpower advantage from the start instead of waiting 3 years in and then having to pay an enormous price for it?
Starcaller Dredg
Doomheim
#206 - 2012-03-27 17:43:49 UTC
It's a trade-off. You spell our way, and we use the metric system P

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Thomas Orca
Broski is ded
#207 - 2012-03-27 19:06:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Thomas Orca
adopt wrote:
Zyress wrote:
Sasha Khaine wrote:
British - Hey American how do you say aluminium?

American - ALOOMINUM

myface.jpg


English - Aloom-in-ium


FTFY


Aluminum is actually the name given to it by the guy who discovered elemental Aluminum. Aluminium is actually a bastardization. Damn Britishisms.


Also, I find it hard to take Brits' claim that its THEIR language so I should spell their way, when they tell me I speak English too quickly.
Vila eNorvic
#208 - 2012-03-27 19:40:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Vila eNorvic
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist...

Again, go back to school and learn some history. H****r gave up his plans to invade Britain long before America even thought about joining in.

And the Americans would have turned up even later than they did if they hadn't been given an almighty shove when the Japanese caught them with their pants down at Pearl Harbo(u)r despite British efforts to warn them.
Miranda Bowie
Doomheim
#209 - 2012-03-27 19:42:15 UTC
adopt wrote:
Miranda Bowie wrote:
I love the colour gratuitous U's add to British spelling. I proumise froum nouw oun, I will honour your request four moure. ;)

You're adding "U" in completely pointless places, it doesn't make you look intelligible, it makes you seem parallel to the stereotypes we have of Americans; uneducated, incompetent morons.

*whoosh*

Thank you, Captain Obvious! xD

Suggestion: Look up "parody". Also, look up the meaning of the "wink" emoticon, used at the end of my previous comment.
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
#210 - 2012-03-27 20:22:08 UTC
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire Smile


If you want to go down that road: we'd be speaking german right now if the russkies didn't exist.

AFK-cloaking in a system near you.
Tekeran
The Dirty Skull
#211 - 2012-03-27 20:52:57 UTC
adopt wrote:
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire Smile


That is the worst argument I have ever heard. America did barely anything on the European front, the soviets took most of the losses and did most of the damage. So do not ever bring up such a futile argument and wave it around as if you matter.


I agree that it's a poor argument but you are wrong in stating America barely did anything on the European front. America was largely responsible for the retaking of France among many other major achievements in the European front. Read up a little on US involvement in WW2.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#212 - 2012-03-27 21:01:48 UTC
Tekota wrote:
Oh please.

The "Team America! F*** Yeah!" attitude is equally annoying as the "But we're the rightful masters of language you rebel colonial dogs" attitude.

In 50 years time you can have the same argument when both countries have finally realised that they're not the centre of the universe (or center of the universe if you so desire) and you can moan about south east asian "Panglish" spellings.

I expect the spelling to be used exactly as English is spelt in Iceland. And given that English is just one of many *secondary* languages spoken in Iceland, and given that CCP is made up of an international development team I fully expect some variation in how English is spelt in Iceland, and more so within CCP. I fully expect CCP teams in the UK, USA, and Iceland to all be using differing English spellings (hell, they have an office in Newcastle, whose official dialect stipulates "wot youse lookkin at?" to be uttered before glassing someone).


If something is created in the USA, be it art, film, novel, games, I would expect US spellings. If something is created in the UK, I expect UK spellings. If something is created by an international development team, in a country where English is a secondary language, across the span of multiple years, I expect a whole gamut of spellings to be used, all of which are perfectly understandable by anyone who has a decent command of any variation of English.

If something is a game, who really ******* cares?

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#213 - 2012-03-27 21:05:18 UTC
Tekeran wrote:
adopt wrote:
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire Smile


That is the worst argument I have ever heard. America did barely anything on the European front, the soviets took most of the losses and did most of the damage. So do not ever bring up such a futile argument and wave it around as if you matter.


I agree that it's a poor argument but you are wrong in stating America barely did anything on the European front. America was largely responsible for the retaking of France among many other major achievements in the European front. Read up a little on US involvement in WW2.



A lot of countries mainly teach their history more indepth, so don't be too surprised if someone from another country does not know much about your countries history. Plus they tend to teach history more from the country's viewpoint where it's being taught.

At least that was what it was like in the past, doubt it has changed much unless you do a more specialist course.
Plus 1
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#214 - 2012-03-27 21:22:04 UTC
You've got to have a pretty sad life to care about crap like this.
Bibosikus
Air
#215 - 2012-03-27 21:23:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Bibosikus
Mathias Hex wrote:
I dont see the problem, you would be speaking german right now if US didnt exist... Oh right i'm sure canada or south america could have pulled your asses out of that fire Smile


Actually, but for the German invasion of Poland, the whole of the UK would be using "color" and "armor"...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039453/How-America-planned-destroy-BRITAIN-1930-bombing-raids-chemical-weapons.html

Fact.

You sneaky bastards :D

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Solhild
Doomheim
#216 - 2012-03-27 21:25:26 UTC
I blame the French.
Ashley SchmidtVonGoldberg
Doomheim
#217 - 2012-03-27 21:25:39 UTC
To the OP

dont blame the Americans they need to simplify everything including language

Remember that most Americans think that America won the second world war

and

9/11 happened because Muslims hate their freedoms.



Dont argue with them just pitty them. See what happened to the CSM when they were exposed to European strength beer.


Standing in for Karn Dulake who was banned for saying bad words
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#218 - 2012-03-27 21:31:16 UTC
Plus 1 wrote:
You've got to have a pretty sad life to care about crap like this.



I think yours must be sadder to post in a thread you have no interest in.

As for me I have quite an easy life, no stress, no worries, 99.9% of the time I don't even need to look at a watch, no alarm clock. Plus plenty of spare time on my hands to do as I please.
Plus 1
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#219 - 2012-03-27 21:46:02 UTC
Sasha Azala wrote:
Plus 1 wrote:
You've got to have a pretty sad life to care about crap like this.



I think yours must be sadder to post in a thread you have no interest in.

As for me I have quite an easy life, no stress, no worries, 99.9% of the time I don't even need to look at a watch, no alarm clock. Plus plenty of spare time on my hands to do as I please.

I'm just trolling. I don't **** around with my u's. u's are srs business.
Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#220 - 2012-03-27 21:50:28 UTC
This thread has kinda gone off track....

Personally, American English can annoy me sometimes, how spell-checks automatically put z's in places of s's, and other crazyness. And the whole month-day-year makes NO-SENSE and is just confusing! Day-Month-Year is far more logical imo.

But the nature of language is that it develops differently in different locations. You only have to go to places within England itself to see that, anyone been to Liverpool, or Aberdeen? You get slangs of the English language developing all over the show! American-English is no different, they've been off by themselves for long enough to make whatever changes they like.

What i find the most annoying is that they call their version English. Your clicking on options in programs for English, most of the time its not the English you'd expect. What you get is American-English, which is like English, but alot more lazy. Americans like to steal alot of English things and suddenly claim them as American. Like Football for example. Stole that one to the degree you've renamed it soccer, at least within your own country. But... you don't even use your feet for American-Football. Your webster himself named his first dictionary "American Dictionary of the English Language"

But on the most part i agree with the OP, but at the same time i've kinda got used to it. I guess thats the prevailing power of the American culture. Sometimes i even get confused between two words, and i'm like..... damn, which one is actually English again?? Wouldn't want to put the American word and look stupid.

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.