Pet Peeve #45 - US Englizh
“US English is so egocentric; they leave ‘u’ out of everything.” - Mr. Scribe
It’s one thing to have the whole US system of weights and measures – which is annoying enough – but then there is US English (or ‘Englizh’ as Mr. Scribe likes to call it).
Why can’t we just all get along?
Or at least use the same dictionary.
This pet peeve isn’t me arguing which system is wrong; I would simply like it if we could all just pick one and go with it. (I vote for the ‘u’ happy UK system I am learning here in Oz, but that is of course purely personal preference.)
It’s bloody annoying to type along in Microsoft Word in Oz English and then have to remember my US spellings the moment I get on the internet.
And for your edutainment US and UK spelling differences.
November 13th, 2007 at 7:41 am
I stick with Aussie English. I rather like stirring people. I wonder if these facts are related?
(Aussie English is truly a widely used dialect. Just think - mainland Australia, Tasmania, King Island and other smaller landmasses due south, east and west, and even some of the islands in the Torres Strait!)
November 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I like Aussie English as well.
Did you see the program about the evolution of the Aussie accent?
November 18th, 2007 at 6:55 am
I think there’s a U and non-U joke in there somewhere…
November 18th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Oh, undoubtedly there are a few.