American English Has Become Way More Emotional Than British English - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40017110]I will never understand why you guys spell check as "cheque"[/QUOTE] gobby american cunt cheque yourself before you wreck yourself m8

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40017110]I will never understand why you guys spell check as "cheque"[/QUOTE] Because it's has a different meaning to 'check'?

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;40017560]Because [B]it's has[/B] a different meaning to 'check'?[/QUOTE] And what English is that? :v:

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;40017485]gobby american cunt cheque yourself before you wreck yourself m8[/QUOTE] wreque.

ballocks ! the language of the English shall always be dry emotionless and envoke images of vast beurocratic networks of beurocricies where judges where powdered wigs and cops are screwed when the robbers have a gun or any car that can do 60 mph [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] also the English shall never stand in lines, they shall que, good day sir, him hum [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr.Critic;40017242]Paycheque looks classier[/QUOTE] it looks like your trying to be classy by using qu and adding an e, to most people it just looks like a stupid attempt to be suffisticated and stupid at the same time [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] 8 year olds add extra letters to words to make them look smarter, Brits add extra letters to words to seem more suffisticated, its still completely transparent

Probably because America has hollywood. In my writing class we read an excerpt from Twilight to show how badly it was written. Basically for every adjective, stephanie meyer had replaced it with a more emotional synonym.

[QUOTE=Sableye;40017737]ballocks ! the language of the English shall always be dry emotionless and envoke images of vast beurocratic networks of beurocricies where judges where powdered wigs and cops are screwed when the robbers have a gun or any car that can do 60 mph [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] also the English shall never stand in lines, they shall que, good day sir, him hum [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] it looks like your trying to be classy by using qu and adding an e, to most people it just looks like a stupid attempt to be suffisticated and stupid at the same time [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] 8 year olds add extra letters to words to make them look smarter, Brits add extra letters to words to seem more suffisticated, its still completely transparent[/QUOTE] Bollocks Bureaucracies Queue Sophisticated

[QUOTE=Atlascore;40017501]What's the point of grammar and rules then? Words like centre make the whole thing seem pointless. :suicide:[/QUOTE] Rules? This is English we're talking about here. The plural of bag is bags, church is churches, ox is oxen, sheep is sheep. Fuck the popo.

[QUOTE=borisvdb;40017813]Probably because America has hollywood. In my writing class we read an excerpt from Twilight to show how badly it was written. Basically for every every adjective, stephanie meyer had replaced it with a more emotional synonym.[/QUOTE] Try reading anything written by Danielle Steel You will punch yourself in the face before you finish the first chapter I promise you

Chèque is french. I would think Cheque is a french loan word. Y'know monarchs and the peerage use to speak in french at the court.

What really gets my goat are homophones that change their spelling slightly depending on whether they're being used as a verb or an adjective. Practice/Practise, for instance. And fuck affect and effect. I don't give a shit which one is right. It's a silly redundancy in language that I don't even pay attention to any more. I don't like the idea of 'txt-speak' becoming integrated with mainstream language but I'm not going to shed a single tear when we decide that e/a-ffect is archaic

Also there is no such word as paycheque because it's tautologous and redundant, all cheques are for paying.

[QUOTE=Lord Pirate;40017959]Also there is no such word as paycheque because it's tautologous and redundant, all cheques are for paying.[/QUOTE] there is though; it's to denote that the cheque is given as your wages or salary on a regular basis and to differentiate it from any other sort of payment

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40017914]What really gets my goat are homophones that change their spelling slightly depending on whether they're being used as a verb or an adjective. Practice/Practise, for instance. And fuck affect and effect. I don't give a shit which one is right. It's a silly redundancy in language that I don't even pay attention to any more. I don't like the idea of 'txt-speak' becoming integrated with mainstream language but I'm not going to shed a single tear when we decide that e/a-ffect is archaic[/QUOTE] Affect and effect isn't that hard Affect is a verb, effect is a noun At least, that's how I generally remember it

I prefer to add the 'u' in -or words, like colour and neighbour, and I tend to use British slang and curse words sometimes, but I use American spellings for pretty much everything else. But then again I'm Norwegian so I don't give a fuck.

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;40018003]Affect and effect isn't that hard Affect is a verb, effect is a noun At least, that's how I generally remember it[/QUOTE] Thanks! I can just never be bothered with that nitty gritty stuff though

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40017914]What really gets my goat are homophones that change their spelling slightly depending on whether they're being used as a verb or an adjective. Practice/Practise, for instance. And fuck affect and effect. I don't give a shit which one is right. It's a silly redundancy in language that I don't even pay attention to any more. I don't like the idea of 'txt-speak' becoming integrated with mainstream language but I'm not going to shed a single tear when we decide that e/a-ffect is archaic[/QUOTE] People using affect and effect wrong irk my inner grammar nazi the most, to be honest.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40018133]People using affect and effect wrong irk my inner grammar nazi the most, to be honest.[/QUOTE] sounds like it has quite an affect on you

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40018168]sounds like it has quite an affect on you[/QUOTE] i cringed when i read that

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40018168]sounds like it has quite an affect on you[/QUOTE] :suicide:

Defense > Defence

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40018022]Thanks! I can just never be bothered with that nitty gritty stuff though[/QUOTE] I'm a true grammar nazi I get genuine joy from correcting grammar

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;40018304]I'm a true grammar nazi I get genuine joy from correcting grammar[/QUOTE] Failed to capitalize and no periods at the end of the sentences. :v:

I want a hybrid of all the non-American englishes I'm going to colour the theatre with great honour and then I'll pick up my paycheque and put it in the bonnet while I drive home on the dual carriageway OI YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MATE BLOODY FUCKIN' WANKA

I think it's unlikely that all the Englishes will merge. Travel and communication have been pretty widespread for a couple centuries now but as far as I know, there hasn't been such a convergence. Why would anyone's dialect change for simply being exposed to another?

[QUOTE=Krinkels;40018811]I think it's unlikely that all the Englishes will merge. Travel and communication have been pretty widespread for a couple centuries now but as far as I know, there hasn't been such a convergence. Why would anyone's dialect change for simply being exposed to another?[/QUOTE] Well, its not going to happen overnight, but it has already happened on a smaller scale in America. Ever since the advent of radio and TV, people in America have begun to sound more midwestern.

[QUOTE=Krinkels;40018811]I think it's unlikely that all the Englishes will merge. Travel and communication have been pretty widespread for a couple centuries now but as far as I know, there hasn't been such a convergence. [/QUOTE] Never before in the history of the world have so many cultures and people existed in the same space though. Although virtual, the internet has accelerated globalisation a shitton. We're already seeing the effects on people's vocabularies - phrases like 'getting owned' and 'ganked' and 'yolo' and all the rest of it becoming used [I]worldwide[/I] within years or months of their original inception; it's unprecedented. [QUOTE=Krinkels;40018811] Why would anyone's dialect change for simply being exposed to another?[/QUOTE] It happens all the time. Customs, words, pronunciations, etc, are all transferred by proximity to the unfamiliar.

Nothing beats Australia English

[QUOTE=Don Ochs;40016899]It's going in the opposite direction. If all of those countries were secluded and isolated the same thing would happen as with the old Latin, but the world is becoming more and more as one.[/QUOTE] Soon English will be the dominate language, and quoting Samuel L Jackson will become mandatory [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY[/media]

[QUOTE=Sableye;40017737]ballocks ! the language of the English shall always be dry emotionless and envoke images of vast beurocratic networks of beurocricies where judges where powdered wigs and cops are screwed when the robbers have a gun or any car that can do 60 mph [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] also the English shall never stand in lines, they shall que, good day sir, him hum [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] it looks like your trying to be classy by using qu and adding an e, to most people it just looks like a stupid attempt to be suffisticated and stupid at the same time [editline]23rd March 2013[/editline] 8 year olds add extra letters to words to make them look smarter, Brits add extra letters to words to seem more suffisticated, its still completely transparent[/QUOTE] You're talking as if we took the American language and started adding letters to appear sophisticated - rather than the fact that we have always spelled that way. We haven't actually added any letters at all.