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posted August 17, 2008 01:06 PM |
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Personally I find british english the best. (maybe cause our english teacher is from the UK). But in spelling I use both british and american.
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posted August 17, 2008 01:12 PM |
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Are you sure this is a multiple choice question? 
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posted August 17, 2008 01:18 PM |
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Edited by Asheera at 13:27, 17 Aug 2008.
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I prefer US English. British English just has some weird stuff for me.
For example, I hate to say colour, favourite, neightbour (why do we need to type an 'u' ). I prefer color, favorite, neighbor, etc
And it's good to know that Firefox's spell-check is American (it underlines colour, favourite, etc)
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Are you sure this is a multiple choice question?
As I see it, US has half of the votes. If Americans come here and vote, I think US will outnumber UK votes
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posted August 17, 2008 01:32 PM |
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And it's good to know that Firefox's spell-check is American (it underlines colour, favourite, etc)
That's why I installed British dictionary myself.
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posted August 17, 2008 01:33 PM |
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Oh. I might have to get that. Thanks Radar. 
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posted August 17, 2008 01:35 PM |
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I prefer the American accent.
But all my family from the US makes fun of me 'cause I have a British accent.
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posted August 17, 2008 02:00 PM |
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And it's good to know that Firefox's spell-check is American (it underlines colour, favourite, etc)
What?I can use both in firefox spellchecker and neither get outlined
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posted August 17, 2008 02:03 PM |
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Well, sure, British English can sound funny at times, but it's undeniably cooler than American, and it's basically a real language while American English is just an accent.
But I agree that Scottish English is by far the best. I also like Jamaican.
Does anyone remember John Cleese's letter to Americans by the way?
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posted August 17, 2008 02:08 PM |
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Well, sure, British English can sound funny at times, but it's undeniably cooler than American
Define "cooler"
It sounds too much like speaking through your nose, like I said
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posted August 17, 2008 02:43 PM |
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Does anyone remember John Cleese's letter to Americans by the way?
 I also remember Binabik's answer to it
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posted August 17, 2008 03:08 PM |
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But I agree that Scottish English is by far the best.
I love the way they say "sh*te"
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posted August 17, 2008 11:35 PM |
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Does anyone remember John Cleese's letter to Americans by the way?
I also remember Binabik's answer to it
Back when I had first read Binabik's response I started searching the internet for other responses since HC wasn't the first (and won't be the last) forum to see this letter.
I found this instead. It's a site that discusses Urban Legends and it was able to trace the letter back to its original form and the real author who I'm sorry to say was not really John Cleese.
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posted August 18, 2008 05:05 AM |
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Skub!
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posted August 18, 2008 08:35 AM |
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Does it really matter wether you use Us english or British english - IMO Us english is just a slang version of British , where English is like the real version but as we know - language evolve and we must follow not to get stuck in the past 
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posted August 18, 2008 09:34 AM |
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As an Aussie I prefer to use British English. Its as if Americans have a fear of the letter 'u'.
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posted August 18, 2008 09:36 AM |
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Lol Trogdor. I agree.
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posted August 18, 2008 10:14 AM |
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Personally I find british english the best. (maybe cause our english teacher is from the UK). But in spelling I use both british and american.
so you are wrong to both people
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posted August 18, 2008 12:43 PM |
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Define "cooler"
Monty Python cooler.
British butlers cooler.
Led Zeppelin cooler.
Sex Pistols cooler.
The Clash cooler.
Black Sabbath cooler.
Michael Kane cooler.
Shall I continue, old chap?
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posted August 18, 2008 01:18 PM |
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Monty Python cooler.
British butlers cooler.
Led Zeppelin cooler.
Sex Pistols cooler.
The Clash cooler.
Black Sabbath cooler.
Michael Kane cooler.
Eh, 90% of above I heard and didn't like about. Just SKUB i guess
Even though some British movies are very good (not on the above mind you) I still don't like how they speak
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