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Well not America as such but more Americanisms in language...I hate it all. people are even spelling stuff the American way, like nite etc...it should be night. I hate all words that became popular in America and are now using in the UK. Blah blah blah...I shouldn't be stoned at 8:50am but I am. I have a meeting in 2 hours :D! |
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we don't spell night "nite" here. that's dumb kid talk, internet slang, and writing shorthand. it's not an "americanism". |
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Well shut my mouth :D Is that real? I have always been led to beleive that nite was an accepted American spelling. Also catalog without the ue at the end...is that the same deal? Also Jail, that should be speld geol, but I might let you all off with that one because geol is a stupid spelling. Also is thru just a stupid fake shorthand as well? |
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"catalog" is accepted american spelling. |
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nite and lite are abbreviations used only in advertising now the analog / catalog thing is real.. we do drop those last couple letters sometimes but it's not all americans who do it. some people don't know that's not the right spelling, others just prefer it shorter.. who knows thru is shorthand |
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i hate america with a passion. not the people of america mind you. its not their fault they were born on media tainted brainwashed backwashed soil. GO CANADA EH! we have so many more rights here, i can safely say i feel like a free man |
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i don't like how when i'm using microsoft word, it corrects "grey" to "gray" and "colour" to "color".. i don't understand why the spellings ever would be changed. i prefer the original way for the most cases. |
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I was watching Letterman before and they had a stupid catalogue section but they spelt it with a ue on the end which I thought was strange. Just goes to show what happens when we are bombarded with US based advertising, it leads to ignorance like I've just displayed :D OK I wanna change this thread to include include hating the new move to get TXTING slang added to the dictionary because it is in such major use...fuck that, I don't want stupid letters replacing words. |
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subtract 1 "the" from that last sentence |
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Assuming all Americans are brainwashed just shows that you've been a little brainwashed yourself. Even more so if you hate Americans "with a passion" based on that generalization. |
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You must have the Word dictionary set to US, because if you have it set to International it doesn't change the spelling. This year was also the first year I really noticed all the shops changing from an autumn sale to a "fall sale"... we seriously are becoming a little America. |
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If only the british adopted america's oral hygiene habits. HEY JUST KIDDING OK ^^ |
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well it has no international/english setting, so i just set it to Uk. fall is really a much worse word for it than autumn.. i should have known that only americans would be behind such a stupid word to describe it.. |
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but i suppose now the americans are not the only ones behind "fall" |
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Q422X, you've been Americanized yourself. I see you're sporting a custom image featuring Grimace, a McDonald's character. |
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And me as the modern image of Santa Claus comes from an early Coca Cola marketing campaign which accounts for his red and white clothing. |
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You must have the spelling set to US by accident, because with the UK dictionary it doesn't change those words. I dunno on older versions but on Word 2003 you can check the language being used on the status bar at the bottom of the window. |
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yes i am americanized.. it's unavoidable.. i'm not particularly proud of it.. i just like to poke fun at bits of it. |
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funny how its nearly impossible for americans to become anything except africanized. |
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it's also funny how most americans on this board don't put down their real location. they replace it with some silly shit and are ashamed.. |
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I hate the use of z instead of s as well. Also I hate that Americans dont get their house burgled, they get burglarized...it goes on and on. :D Also the only things that have really been Africanised in America are Killer Bees. |
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i hate george w. bush |
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Silly shit like "a fort of sofa cushions"? |
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That's interesting considering your location is "a fort of sofa cushions" So are you ashamed of being british? |
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no.. i'm ashamed of the fact that i am typing this from inside my childish fortress of cushions.. |
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the fort of sofa cushions sound the most comfy place in the world to live :P I would happily live there. How come your time zone is -6 hours as well? Are you from the states? |
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I've always disliked how Americans pronounce herbs. wow! suddenly we're talking about 'erbs! |
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lol, I'm Scouse so half the letters in every word I speak get dropped or messed up, especiall any words beginning with h...so I can't comment on that :D |
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and Aluminum!! It's Aluminium damn you. |
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You should be grateful for any pronunciation differences in our respective languages. I mean, you wouldn't want to sound like those awful Americans, would you? |
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i hate how australians pronounce yoghurt as yo - gurt when its clearly yog - ut and how the pronounce maroon as mah - roan when its clearly ma - roon end rant. |
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yes. i live in the states. i can feel the shame.. so i put some in some stupid silliness to cover it up. also, i dislike the united states for the most part and, incidentally, american spelling. i also dislike when people, especially americans, consider their country, and only their country, to be america.. i thought the whole continent was america? i don't have any problem with south america or the majority of north america, it's just the rules and "ideals" held so dearly by most of those between mexico and canada that usually make me cringe. this board is my refuge. i don't even know a single soul in real life that listens to electronic music. |
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I think it has got to the stage where Americans have started to feel it is dirty to be patriotic. There is nothing wrong at all with national pride and diversity...just go with the flow and enjoy the mix. |
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by default most americans (those in the usa) know the north as "canada" and the south as "mexico" even in reference to countries like honduras. |
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I agree...but given the white population of the island where originally criminals with little education it's not a surprise :P (j/k btw) |
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There's always been Americans who felt that way. |
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I've noticed that Americans pronounce Oregano in a peculiar fashion.. oREGano, rather than oreGAno. Also, nite wasn't first used by advertisers, and it wasn't first used by teens who either couldn't spell properly or adopted it for stylistic reasons. In fact, nite isn't even an Americanism, it just became popular there, I guess. As for lite well that is just annoying! |
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my whole feeling about American people is that they're ignorant, yet also arrogant... I know not everyone is like that, and know this is stereotyping, but it's my feeling... also, I love Canada!! :) |
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i think every country has their fair share of ignorant and arrogant people...it's not an american invention. |
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i wish america would adopt the metric system |
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No, but it's an American monopoly :P |
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I am a well known spelling and grammar nazi (who is often seen as a hypocrite because I often type very badly.... but typos and spelling mistakes are not exactly the same....but I digress...) so that kind of shit - aluminum, nite, thru etc piss me off greatly. But there's nothing anyone can really do about it and getting irritated doesn't do anything except make you feel...irritated. What pisses me off the most is inappropriate use of apostrophes. There's a solarium place near work that proclaims SOLARIUM'S proudly. A plural does not warrant an apostrophe, idiots. I should let them know that a 20 year old simpleton (ie me) has better grammar than whoever did the sign for the company. And I guess anyone else who works there who failed to point it out. |
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Yes, let them know, it's your duty. I've noticed people using apostrophes in plurals a lot recently...incredibly bad grammar. I am interested in maintaining correct spelling and grammar and syntax also... I have, however, no problem with "thru" or "nite" and I often use them myself. |
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Brits abroad give the British a bad name. Well... I should say English really. Scotts Welsh and Irish generally don't behave as badly abroad. |
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me2 |
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it's funny in a pathetic sense how many people "hate" americans for their misconceptions about the rest of the world, yet have so many misconceptions about america / cans |
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i say flavor you say flavour i say color you say colour can't we all just get along? |
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I don't hate America, there may be stuff I don't agree with, bush etc, but theres lots of good stuff about it as well, loads of my favourite music is american, and films etc etc. |
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i hate the united kingdom because they all are prissy and have bad teeth. essentially thats what you're saying when you generalize the way you are about americans. i do hate the way this country is currently being governed, and i dislike alot of aspects of american society, but sometimes the europeans on here, especially people from the UK, make crass generalizations about america that border on ridiculous. |
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I hate stereotypes. |
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