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  • D Dalek Dave

    Er...no. In English it is Travelled. Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English, do tend to mispell words, but the English, whose language it is, would never spell travelled with one L! Hope that helps.

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    Simon_Whale
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    Ah who stepped on Dave? who was using Inglish rong?

    As barmey as a sack of badgers Dude, if I knew what I was doing in life, I'd be rich, retired, dating a supermodel and laughing at the rest of you from the sidelines.

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    • C Chris Losinger

      Dalek Dave wrote:

      Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English

      and yet, "travel" is a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of a French word.

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      Dalek Dave
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      Indeed, but English is the standard, and many foreign words have been absorbed into it. However, the pronunciation, treatment and usage is idiomatically English.

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      • J Johnny J

        The same in "normal" English (a/an)... (Or rather the other way around)

        Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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        Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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        Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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        Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, 1924

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        Dalek Dave
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        An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

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        • C Colin Rae

          Dalek Dave wrote:

          mispell

          Oh the irony!!!

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          Dalek Dave
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          Guilty as charged, your honour, I shall berate myself for that!

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          • D Dalek Dave

            An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

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            Johnny J
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            True - Nobody's perfect... :sigh:

            Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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            Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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            Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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            Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, 1924

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            • D Dalek Dave

              Indeed, but English is the standard, and many foreign words have been absorbed into it. However, the pronunciation, treatment and usage is idiomatically English.

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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              Chris Losinger
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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              Indeed, but English is the standard

              says who?

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              • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                We don't have a problem here in the Southern U.S. We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now.

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                Tom Delany
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                Mike Hankey wrote:

                We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

                Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

                WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  If you think that's bad (and it is after all only an Americanism) try Welsh: the first letter of the word changes depending on the ending of the previous word in order to make it sound better. And be a lot harder to look up in any dictionary...

                  Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                  hairy_hats
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                  Initial mutations make Celtic languages entertaining!

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                  • J Johnny J

                    The same in "normal" English (a/an)... (Or rather the other way around)

                    Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
                    -----
                    Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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                    Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
                    -----
                    Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, 1924

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    Cymru : Wales Croeso i Gymru : Welcome to Wales. It's more like saying "A Gelephant" rather than "An Elephant". "Elephant" you could still look up in a English dictionary... You won't find "Gymru" in any Welsh dictionary, just Cymru and then it's mutations, including Gymru!

                    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      Er...no. In English it is Travelled. Some foreigners, who speak a hybridised, bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English, do tend to mispell words, but the English, whose language it is, would never spell travelled with one L! Hope that helps.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                      Tom Delany
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                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                      who speak a hybridised, bastardised hybridized, bastardized

                      FTFY

                      WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                      • T Tom Delany

                        Mike Hankey wrote:

                        We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

                        Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

                        WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

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                        • T Tom Delany

                          Mike Hankey wrote:

                          We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

                          Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

                          WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                          realJSOP
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                          don't need shoes to mosie...

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                            Occur/Occurred Travel/Traveled :sigh:

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                            realJSOP
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                            I think this thread has gotten out of hand.

                            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                            • C Chris Losinger

                              Dalek Dave wrote:

                              Indeed, but English is the standard

                              says who?

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              Says all those countries in the world that use English as an official language. Although, to be fair, English is not an official language in the USA!

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                                I think this thread has gotten out of hand.

                                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                Arrrrgghhhh!!!!! :)

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                                • T Tom Delany

                                  Mike Hankey wrote:

                                  We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

                                  Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

                                  WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                                  Gonzoox
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                                  LOL, I live in the south and for a second I read this with the voice of someone I know, y'all know whatta mean

                                  I want to die like my grandfather- asleep, not like the passengers in his car, screaming!

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

                                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                    hairy_hats
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                                    Dalek Dave wrote:

                                    A European

                                    That's because European is pronounced with an initial "Yer" sound. If it was pronounced with an initial vowel instead of a Y it'd be An European. The spelling hasn't kept pace with the pronunciation.

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      Cymru : Wales Croeso i Gymru : Welcome to Wales. It's more like saying "A Gelephant" rather than "An Elephant". "Elephant" you could still look up in a English dictionary... You won't find "Gymru" in any Welsh dictionary, just Cymru and then it's mutations, including Gymru!

                                      Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                                      Johnny J
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                                      I didn't mean it works in exactly the same way - just that the basic idea is the same and thus not unique for Welsh (Loved her movies by the way :) ). But I get your point... ;)

                                      Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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                                      Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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                                      Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
                                      -----
                                      Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, 1924

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                                      • T Tom Delany

                                        Mike Hankey wrote:

                                        We got in the Pick-up and went Over Yonder but we're back now

                                        Was that y'all over that a way? I woulda hollered at ya, but I reckon I didn't know it was y'all since y'all had yer shoes on and all.

                                        WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.

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                                        Mike Hankey
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                                        We warnt thar long, took the dogs out and got us a couple a critters and drank a little shine. I got a par a shoes from my cousin couple years back but I only war em to church.

                                        Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^]
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                                        • D Dalek Dave

                                          An Hotel A European Hmmm...Not always the case is it.

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                                          Ian Shlasko
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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          An Hotel

                                          Ahem... It's "A hotel". We pronounce our H's here in the States :)

                                          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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