Poll: Do you prefer American English spelling or British English spelling?

stompy

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Being Australian, I prefer British English, though I have no particular qualms with American English. However, I am perplexed with strange liking you Yanks have with the letter 'z'... but then, the exact same question can be asked with the letter 's' and British English.
 

WendelI

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British, hands down!
Due to it's exotic nature :p
No seriously American English is kind of boring.
 

ranc0re

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BenMcMichael said:
ranc0re said:
I prefer Canadian spelling! A mixture of both American and British forms.

IE:

American: Color
Canadian: Colour

British: Tyre
Canadian: Tire

Wooooooo!
Erm I'm English and i have never ever ever used or seen Tire spelt as tyre
"Tires, or tyres (in American and British English, respectively), are ring-shaped parts, either pneumatic or solid (including rubber, metals and plastic composites), that fit around wheels to protect them and enhance their function."

From Wikipedia. Maybe it's a regional thing?
 

thiosk

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The United Kingdom:

about 100,000 square miles

Texas:

260,000 square miles

British english is a regional dialect, regardless of the fact it is the homeland of the language.

To assume that all americans write and pronounce words the same is redonkulas. Liek tottallie donkulishious.
 

Red Right Hand

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Kogarian said:
TheLoveRat said:
KamachoMcSagget said:
I bet everything that most people who voted that dont live in a country that uses brittish spelling just clicked that because they had yatzee (i cant remember how to spell his name) in their mind.
I perfer American, and basterdized english as well ("u" "teh" "liek", etc)
and i hate grammer nazis.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! British has one 't' in it. ONE! Oh and you can call me a grammer nazi all you want, I don't give two shits, learn to fucking spell Britain correctly. FUCK!
Quite being zo Brittish, u nazi

(/sarcasm)
NEVER!!!!!!!!
 

Soulreaverm

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Definitely British spelling.
American spellings like 'Color' just seem... wrong.
I've always seen the American spellings as dumbed down, inferior versions.
For dumbed down, inferior people.
Just kidding.
 

Johnn Johnston

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Sparrow Tag said:
I prefer people that don't use the term "British".

Seriously, we don't all sip tea and laugh at poor people.
Well, speak for yourself. I have a small team of street urchins on my every beck and call.
 

painfull2006

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I think this can be solved with a very simple table

British >/= American > Canadian > French Canadian > French

XD

No insults intended to any Canadians or French or anyone in-between
 

Blaghman

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I go with British, because in some cases it helps to define what you are talking about. A unit of measurement is a metre, something that you measure against is a meter.
 

wlaidler

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ranc0re said:
The Iron Ninja said:
Also, I've said this before (in a much earlier thread based on exactly the same topic) and if I remember correctly I think I may have gotten a probation for saying so.
But I think that Aluminum sounds stupid.
A-loo-min-um

or

Al-you-min-e-um?

Pfft everyone knows its tin, tin foil, tin can, it may be technically but I will never change.

Also C-E-N-T-R-E and please the "h" in "herb" it's there for a reason
 

stormcaller

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English spelling, sounds better. Save for one word:

Programme, I refuse to spell it like that so I always use program.
 

magicmonkeybars

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I don't speak natively so I just mix it up but I do prefer colour rather then color, adding the extra letter makes me feel smarter.
 

DannyDamage

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PAGEToap44 said:
Where does English originate from? Britain. Britain wins.
England actually. Britain is the collective term for FOUR countries all with their own native languages.
 

PAGEToap44

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DannyDamage said:
PAGEToap44 said:
Where does English originate from? Britain. Britain wins.
England actually. Britain is the collective term for FOUR countries all with their own native languages.
I know, I'm Scottish. But I don't speak Gaelic. Or Scots.
 

Flying-Emu

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Matronadena said:
I've never been able to completely shake the proper Cambridge spelling. Drives me nuts that words like Colour, honour, sabre , etc get flagged as incorrect >.<
My parents bought me a lot of books to read when I was a child from a garage sale. They didn't realize that they were British children's books. So now I have to constantly go over my writings with a fine-tooth comb to stop myself from using British spellings.

Except honour. That's too awesome to pass up.