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I do the same thing. This is the result of having an English mother, though. When I was first learning to read and write, I took after her ways. Ha, it's funny.I had to train myself out of spelling "realize" as "realise"
I spell everything the English way, all the time. I put up with American spelling just about everywhere, and I certainly notice it, though I don't really care, so why should I change the way I spell for someone else's convenience? It's just habit, nothing more.Thanks to studying linguistics and being indoctrinated with descriptivism, I ignore most grammatical errors these days. The only one that really annoys me is the rapidly-disappearing distinction between 'less' and 'fewer'. It seems fewer and fewer people these days are even aware that there is a difference.
well, I'm from a country that spells things like colour with a "our" and I do that often for my school things.i'm always cautious about it though.
Yes, that bothers me as well. Mmm, descriptivism... I reckon you'd get along well with my cousin She's a grad student studying linguistics.
Yui, I see that you're from Palo Alto. That's my hometown!
really!? i don't know any one on goodreads form PA!!!!! yay!!!!!
I moved when I was 6. I really miss living there. I go back every summer to see what's changed (and what hasn't). Make Paly proud, Yui!
Wow, you must really have a strong attachment. I moved to Melbourne when I was 8 (from England), and it's well and truly home now.
Ha, yeah, I really can't explain my attachment to Paly after all these years... I suppose I have a strong connection to my early childhood.I love living in Pennsylvania, though. It's really beautiful here. As much as I love Paly, I don't think that I'd ever move back. That door has long since shut.
What part of England are you from, Choupette? My mother hails from Oxford.
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Feel free to post here your pet peeves, wry observations or age-old dilemmas with respect to spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage.
Included are those commo..."
I am used to the alternate spellings so I don't usually notice them.
Less and fewer make me crazy, too, Choupette.How about your and you're?
Then and than?
I see these ALL the time.
Matthew wrote: "I moved when I was 6. I really miss living there. I go back every summer to see what's changed (and what hasn't). Make Paly proud, Yui!"really? i'm a future Paly student!
Hooray! I'm sure you'll love it, Yui. It's a wonderful school in a wonderful town.
Ah, the time will fly by, just you watch and see! It seemed like only yesterday that I was starting high school, and now I'm a freshman in college. It's crazy how these work. 4 years gone in the blink of an eye.
Oh, cool! My dad was also an undergrad. He graduated in 1983, I believe.
I don't think I know when my dad graduated
I usually write using the Standard British English spelling (realize, theatre and the like) because that's how we're taught at school here... But since I happen to read a lot of American stuff (books, websites etc) I tend to slip the AmericaniSed spelling here and there even if I don't mean it. perhaps that makes an odd mix with my old-fashioned vocabulary (that's because the use of prhasal verbs and slang is hard to learn, and formal, Latin-rooten words/expression are easier to our Italian ears...)
Feel free to post here your pet peeves, wry observations or age-old dilemmas with respect to spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage.
Included are those common faux pas, mistakes and malaprops that make your teeth grit à la Eats Shoots and Leaves.
I'll start us off:
I am Canadian and as a result you will find my comments peppered with "our"s and "re"s as in favourite, labour, centre, theatre, etc.
Question:
If you are American, does seeing this spelling throw you for a loop?
If you are Canuck, Brit or Aussie (or anywhere else the Queen's English is favoured), do you Americanise (Americanize?) your spelling when writing to a U.S.-based audience?
Just curious ...