| American -> English Spellings [message #256554] |
Mon, 30 April 2007 15:00  |
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futura83
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Now then, in PC games, when you install them, you get a language selection. For the English selection, most of them say 'US' in brackets.
But it got me thinking, why dont they translate it to a UK version of it?
I know there are only minor differences in the spelling, but going that extra-mile will please some people.
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #256555 is a reply to message #256554] |
Mon, 30 April 2007 15:26  |
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Because someone will mistakenly install the wrong language and complain when the see it spelled "armour" and "colour".
And of course there are different pronunciations for some words as well. Lieutenant is pronounced "lef-tenant", for example. (A Lieu in Britain is not a place you'd want to be a Tenant)
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #256621 is a reply to message #256554] |
Tue, 01 May 2007 08:29 |
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Chaucer (usually The Canterbury Tales) is mandatory reading for most high schools in the US. The thing about him is that he wrote before there were any standardized spellings of words. That means he ended up like this:
This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle,
And God it woot, that it is litel wonder;
Freres and feendes been but lyte asonder.
For, pardee, ye han ofte tyme herd telle
How that a frere ravyshed was to helle
In spirit ones by a visioun;
which means:
This friar boasts that he knows hell,
And God knows that it is little wonder;
Friars and fiends are seldom far apart.
For, by God, you have ofttimes heard tell
How a ravished friar went to hell
In spirit, once by a vision;
And we have to read this and write papers on it.
You may be a fundamentalist atheist if...
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #257039 is a reply to message #257030] |
Thu, 03 May 2007 12:18 |
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| MexPirate wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 14:48 |
no he is just a retard who completely missed the point of kanes post.
And what the hell does chess have to do with anything?
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #257044 is a reply to message #257030] |
Thu, 03 May 2007 12:25 |
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| MexPirate wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 19:48 |
no he is just a retard who completely missed the point of kanes post.
And what the hell does chess have to do with anything?
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I'm called a 'retard' by some moron that can't even use grammar. Irony?
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #257076 is a reply to message #257044] |
Thu, 03 May 2007 13:34 |
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| the17doctor wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 14:25 |
| MexPirate wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 19:48 |
no he is just a retard who completely missed the point of kanes post.
And what the hell does chess have to do with anything?
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I'm called a 'retard' by some moron that can't even use grammar. Irony?
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Please explain how you came to the conclusion that I cannot "use grammar".
Is it because I didn't use a capital N?
Either way the fact that you seem to be of low intelligence has little to do with my grammatical ability so no, I really don't see the irony there, but maybe that is just my lack of knowledge on grammar causing me problems.
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #257088 is a reply to message #257085] |
Thu, 03 May 2007 14:17 |
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| mrpirate wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 22:12 |
| the17doctor wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 15:40 |
| mrpirate wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 20:37 |
^ retard
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didn't you have me muted? haha
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I unmuted you when i returned...
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| Re: American -> English Spellings [message #257106 is a reply to message #257015] |
Thu, 03 May 2007 15:01 |
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| Silent Kane wrote on Thu, 03 May 2007 13:42 |
You're an arse.
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That is one of the wittiest replies I have seen in a long time on here. To be honest most of the changes aren't THAT fundamental at all as they are just colloquialisms. Some phrases will sound odd though from either side despite the fact they still make sense.
I would like to see a Cockney Rhyming Slang option though as it really would be funny to see.
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