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Calling British English (also known as just English) 'non-American English' is like calling an original a 'non-duplicate'. American is basically English with t
by penguin_booze 2y ago
Calling British English (also known as just English) 'non-American English' is like calling an original a 'non-duplicate'.
American is basically English with typos, bad grammar, and bad style.
- GJim 2y agoSomebody must be remarkably thin skinned and with a poor sense of humour (the kind spelt with a 'U') to have downvoted you!
- card_zero 2y agoI like and endorse Webster's reforms (-or, -er, -ize). Why write the French way? What have the Normans ever done for us? Apart from the legal system, chivalry, heraldry, and centuries of low-key class warfare.
- graemep 2y ago> What have the Normans ever done for us? Apart from the legal system, chivalry, heraldry, and centuries of low-key class warfare. And the abolition of slavery in England - not of great benefit to the rest of the world I suppose. Some of the evolution of parliamentary democracy? Low key class warfare is better than the high key version - look at the French revolution and the like!
- cr125rider 2y agoWell if the British invented something for once they can spell that thing with extra letters.
- jampekka 2y agoEnglish is basically a random mix of half a dozen languages with typos, bad grammar and bad style. All of its dialects have ridiculous spelling.
- bdhcuidbebe 2y ago> American is basically English with typos, bad grammar, and bad style. In that sense, english is basically bastardized old norse.
- gizajob 2y agoHallelujah