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  • D Dalek Dave

    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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    Slacker007
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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    English is not an official language in the USA!

    you are right. the official language of the U.S. is Spanglish. It doesn't get any better than that. :laugh:

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    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

      Occur/Occurred Travel/Traveled :sigh:

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      Paul Watson
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      *The* English *l*anguage *s*ucks.

      cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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      • D Dalek Dave

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

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        Dan Neely
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        "A European" is only confusing if you forget the rule is first sound, not first character. Hotel, Honor, etc only cause confusion because some accents have the h silent and others do not. :rolleyes:

        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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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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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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          Er..yes and no Banana, if it followed "regular" English rules would be pronounced Baenaenah instead of Bahnahnah

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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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            Bassam Abdul Baki
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            As usual, I'm talking about your bastard son. Glad to know the mother tongue has it sound.

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            • T Tom Delany

              Dalek Dave wrote:

              Did you bring back Critters and Varmints?

              Yassir. Theys some big varmints in these here parts.. EDIT: Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

              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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              Joe Simes
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              Tom Delany wrote:

              Ellie Mae's playin' with her critters down by the cement pond.

              Back in the day I wouldn't mind playin' with Ellie May's critters any ol' place! :-D

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              • P Paul Watson

                *The* English *l*anguage *s*ucks.

                cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                Bassam Abdul Baki
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                A title usually uses "Title Case". :)

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  A title usually uses "Title Case". :)

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                  Paul Watson
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                  It's a subject, not a title. :P

                  cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                  • P Paul Watson

                    It's a subject, not a title. :P

                    cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                    Bassam Abdul Baki
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                    That's subjective. :)

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                    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                      That's subjective. :)

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                      Paul Watson
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                      Actually it is prescriptive. The input is labelled "Subject:". *ducks*

                      cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                      • J Johnny J

                        At least they don't write "travveled" :)

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                        Lost User
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                        Oh yes they do! Pick up any newspaper, magazine, CV, or better still your five year old's latest school report and see how badly the "English" spell their own language.

                        I must get a clever new signature for 2011.

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                        • P Paul Watson

                          Actually it is prescriptive. The input is labelled "Subject:". *ducks*

                          cheers, Paul M. Watson.

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          Okay, you win this title. I'll get you the next round.

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                          • F fjdiewornncalwe

                            Dalek Dave wrote:

                            bastardised and almost incoherent variation of English

                            You've been to the southern US, then... :)

                            I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

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                            Lost User
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                            No, probably just to Harlow.

                            I must get a clever new signature for 2011.

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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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                              crocks256
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                              ahhh you speak of panglish? (Sorry watched a repeat of QI yesterday)

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                              • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                                Er..yes and no Banana, if it followed "regular" English rules would be pronounced Baenaenah instead of Bahnahnah

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                                Lost User
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                                What, like: canal, Panama, manatee, sanatorium, tanager ...

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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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                                  Lost User
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                                  Repeat after me: "c, p, t changes to g, b, d; d, b, g changes to double-d, f, dim". I still remember that from more than 50 years ago. But I never knew why Ceri Ellis didn't start with t, p, c. Weird innit?

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                    British English

                                    Or, to give it it's correct name, English. The clue is in the name. English comes from England. Any other variation should be prefixed, US English, Australian English, etc. But English is English!

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                                    Lost User
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                                    Like The FA.

                                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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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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                                      GenJerDan
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                                      " In American English, the rule is that a single final consonant preceded by a single vowel in a two-syllable word is doubled only if the stress falls on the second syllable - hence, "traveled," "marveled," and "canceled" but "forbidden," "deferred," and "referred." There is at least one exception: "kidnaped" can be spelled "kidnapped" because "kidnaped" looks as though the "a" should be pronounced long." BE: jewel, jeweller, jewelled, jewellery AE: jewel, jeweler, jeweled, jewelry (Stolen from websites yapping about spelling.) BE/AE differences can be fun. Saw some comments on a news article on an American website where the posters were chiding the author because of spelling errors. To me, it looked like the author was either British or the spellcheck was set to BE, not the author was illiterate. :laugh:

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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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                                        Lost User
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                                        Hardly surprising though seeing as how the only point of Welsh as a language is to annoy and confuse the English. Something it is very good at.

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                                        • D Dalek Dave

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

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                                          Brady Kelly
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                                          I had an unending argument with my English teacher, for three years, that it should be a hotel unless we pronounce it 'otel. She insisted it was the way is is because that's how it should be.

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