Ron Ferguson wrote:
James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:46 PM [GMT+1=CET], web kracked
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'll bet you don't speak like your aunt. There are hundreds, if not
thousands of differences. The American spellings of "color" etc. are
simply wrong in English and a colleague of mine (we are both English
and both worked for an American company) was told he'd be fired if the
presentations he prepared for his boss were spelt in UK English.
Actually, until formalized in dictionaries, spelling was more
"creative". However, since the Webster dictionary predates Oxford by
many decades, perhaps the American spelling is correct, as it was
specified first.
English is called English because it's the language of the English.
Please do not even try and claim that America invented the language or
was even the first to create a dictionary. It is generally recognised
that the first *English* dictionary was Robert Cawdrey's "A Table
Alphabetical" published in 1604. A little before your time I think.
Ron Ferguson
The point is elegantly made, as ever, by the current President of the US:
"Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children
whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city kids.
It's so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate."—Referring to
his education bill, Independence, Mo., Aug. 21, 2001
http://www.slate.com/id/76886/
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