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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:25 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:14 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:18 am
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meleny7 IamredMage Hi! I decided to make this topic for British/English people who feel bogged down by the constant incorrect spellings and grammatical errors of the 'American English' that is used throughout Gaia. A Quote:'It was decided upon whence the continent of North America was colonised that it's main spoken language should be English. I fail to see why that has not happened.' rofl I will give you an answer. Its because ENGLAND DOES NOT OWN THE U.S ANYMORE. just because we do not spell as you do does not mean it is incorrect. you spell color like this "c-o-l-o-u-r" we spell it c-o-l-o-r. it is our country and if we decide its correct to spell it that way so be it, and if you feel so "bogged down" just quit gaia. and for your information gaia is in the U.S. not in england so get over it.
Jesus, woman, take a chill pill. Seriously, you need to take life less seriously and stop acting like people are trying to offend you when they clearly aren't. If you can't even see the humour in that quote then seriously, just don't bother acting like a friggin injured party.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:26 pm
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IamredMage meleny7 IamredMage Hi! I decided to make this topic for British/English people who feel bogged down by the constant incorrect spellings and grammatical errors of the 'American English' that is used throughout Gaia. A Quote:'It was decided upon whence the continent of North America was colonised that it's main spoken language should be English. I fail to see why that has not happened.' rofl I will give you an answer. Its because ENGLAND DOES NOT OWN THE U.S ANYMORE. just because we do not spell as you do does not mean it is incorrect. you spell color like this "c-o-l-o-u-r" we spell it c-o-l-o-r. it is our country and if we decide its correct to spell it that way so be it, and if you feel so "bogged down" just quit gaia. and for your information gaia is in the U.S. not in england so get over it. Jesus, woman, take a chill pill. Seriously, you need to take life less seriously and stop acting like people are trying to offend you when they clearly aren't. If you can't even see the humour in that quote then seriously, just don't bother acting like a friggin injured party.
no i wont chill out you are really ignorant for putting this topic up. and its stupid people like you that start problems. it doesnt matter if it was a joke its not a good one. and im positive that if i made an offensive topic about british people you would probably try to bite my head off. but clearly i have more sense than you and know not to do dumb things like that.so THINK before you post something stupid again.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:52 am
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meleny7 IamredMage meleny7 IamredMage Hi! I decided to make this topic for British/English people who feel bogged down by the constant incorrect spellings and grammatical errors of the 'American English' that is used throughout Gaia. A Quote:'It was decided upon whence the continent of North America was colonised that it's main spoken language should be English. I fail to see why that has not happened.' rofl I will give you an answer. Its because ENGLAND DOES NOT OWN THE U.S ANYMORE. just because we do not spell as you do does not mean it is incorrect. you spell color like this "c-o-l-o-u-r" we spell it c-o-l-o-r. it is our country and if we decide its correct to spell it that way so be it, and if you feel so "bogged down" just quit gaia. and for your information gaia is in the U.S. not in england so get over it. Jesus, woman, take a chill pill. Seriously, you need to take life less seriously and stop acting like people are trying to offend you when they clearly aren't. If you can't even see the humour in that quote then seriously, just don't bother acting like a friggin injured party. no i wont chill out you are really ignorant for putting this topic up. and its stupid people like you that start problems. it doesnt matter if it was a joke its not a good one. and im positive that if i made an offensive topic about british people you would probably try to bite my head off. but clearly i have more sense than you and know not to do dumb things like that.so THINK before you post something stupid again.
Oye, relax woman. He's right, American English is not the same English that is spoken in Europe. American English and the subsequent spelling of some of the words in the language has greatly changed from it's European conter part due in large fact to the different cultures that make there home here in the States.
Since the United States has a very unique blend of cultures, language and customs different factors went into the evolution of the language. Case in point the word "Colour" is originally from the French, which is why it's spelled that way outside of the United States, in the States since that "u" was never pronounced in spoken English, it was eventually dropped from the written version of it.
The man is right you shouldn't take life so damn serious, he was just trying to have a little laugh, if you take everything so seriously you're going to end giving yourself a heart attack.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:44 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:55 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:00 am
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meleny7 IamredMage Exactly. Trust me, this topic isn't offending any americans with NORMAL blood pressure levels, and I've said nothing offensive about anyone. I understand that Gaia is mostly american - if I didn't, why would I put this in a 'foreign languages and cultures' forum? And trust me, after the stuff I've heard people on Gaia say about English people, nothing offends me anymore. oh i have a normal blood pressure. put it this way ive met too many people like you that say s**t like that and most of them DO mean it. by you taking things like this as a joke gets me really annoyed because sometimes you just dont know if someone is joking or not. take this for example. someone put something up about hispanics going to their own country. they might be joking but who knows because we cant hear their tone. for anything online you dont really know the tone of the person, so the best thing to do is to chill out with things like this.
Yeah, but the thing is, insulting hispanic people and immigrants is wrong and spiteful. I've said nothing of the sort, starting this topic purely for english people to discuss the differences (which you have to admit can sometimes put people in humerous situations) between 'English English' and 'US English'. That's all, lol. No harm done...
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:52 am
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IamredMage meleny7 IamredMage Exactly. Trust me, this topic isn't offending any americans with NORMAL blood pressure levels, and I've said nothing offensive about anyone. I understand that Gaia is mostly american - if I didn't, why would I put this in a 'foreign languages and cultures' forum? And trust me, after the stuff I've heard people on Gaia say about English people, nothing offends me anymore. oh i have a normal blood pressure. put it this way ive met too many people like you that say s**t like that and most of them DO mean it. by you taking things like this as a joke gets me really annoyed because sometimes you just dont know if someone is joking or not. take this for example. someone put something up about hispanics going to their own country. they might be joking but who knows because we cant hear their tone. for anything online you dont really know the tone of the person, so the best thing to do is to chill out with things like this. Yeah, but the thing is, insulting hispanic people and immigrants is wrong and spiteful. I've said nothing of the sort, starting this topic purely for english people to discuss the differences (which you have to admit can sometimes put people in humerous situations) between 'English English' and 'US English'. That's all, lol. No harm done... ok thank god you have sense not to do that. fine i hate admitting im wrong but i apologize for misunderstanding what you were saying, but also i cant be fully blamed because reading messages and finding out if the person means it or not is really hard. >.< everyone doesn't interpret everything the same way sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:12 am
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meleny7 IamredMage meleny7 IamredMage Exactly. Trust me, this topic isn't offending any americans with NORMAL blood pressure levels, and I've said nothing offensive about anyone. I understand that Gaia is mostly american - if I didn't, why would I put this in a 'foreign languages and cultures' forum? And trust me, after the stuff I've heard people on Gaia say about English people, nothing offends me anymore. oh i have a normal blood pressure. put it this way ive met too many people like you that say s**t like that and most of them DO mean it. by you taking things like this as a joke gets me really annoyed because sometimes you just dont know if someone is joking or not. take this for example. someone put something up about hispanics going to their own country. they might be joking but who knows because we cant hear their tone. for anything online you dont really know the tone of the person, so the best thing to do is to chill out with things like this. Yeah, but the thing is, insulting hispanic people and immigrants is wrong and spiteful. I've said nothing of the sort, starting this topic purely for english people to discuss the differences (which you have to admit can sometimes put people in humerous situations) between 'English English' and 'US English'. That's all, lol. No harm done... ok thank god you have sense not to do that. fine i hate admitting im wrong but i apologize for misunderstanding what you were saying, but also i cant be fully blamed because reading messages and finding out if the person means it or not is really hard. >.< everyone doesn't interpret everything the same way sweatdrop
lol, it's okay 0 I shall try to make my posts less ambiguous next time...
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:48 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:18 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:42 am
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:02 pm
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