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[icuurd12b42]

In reality, they are the same language so to debate whether is discussion is meaningless.

You can read and understand both. I don't see why some sites or people have a favorite between English (U.S.) and English (U.K.)

It is the same thing.

It is... but at the same time it isn't. Words can have different meanings, can be said different, and have different spellings. It is honestly hard to understand what somebody is saying if they were to use a word with a different meaning than what is known to another person. That is unless the person has heard that term used beforehand, and knows to expect a different meaning. For example, in the U.K. when someone says Knock-up, it is most commonly meant to say "to wake somebody up", but in the U.S., the term is usually intended to mean "To make pregnant". Both have completely different meanings, but are said in the same way.

Or if you are asked to knock some guy up? what would it mean then?

Yeah, I was having a fag when I knocked him up!

OMG was it bloody? is your boyfriend OK?

[NukeTheCat]

Or if you are asked to knock some guy up? what would it mean then?

I don't what English is this, but if you ask this in Malaysia, it means 'to beat somebody'.

So say your British and you came to Malaysia, you ask a person to knock you at 8AM; he'll give you a punch on the head at 8AM.

Edited by Jlm07, 22 May 2012 - 05:09 PM.

[MasterOfKings]

It's a curious little question for you guys. If you write an essay in an area where "colour" is the correct way to spell it, if you put "color", can whoever was marking it put it down as a spelling mistake?

[NakedPaulToast]

It's a curious little question for you guys. If you write an essay in an area where "colour" is the correct way to spell it, if you put "color", can whoever was marking it put it down as a spelling mistake?

(Assuming you're American)

If you were to submit an essay and spell color and center, colour and centre, could you lose grades for spelling mistakes?

[@Alex@]

In my course no, unless you spell things absurbly wrong and / or write incoherant sentences you generally won't lose marks. At school I'm pretty certain it was just pointed out as a no-no but I don't really remember.

[chance]

If you write an essay in an area where "colour" is the correct way to spell it, if you put "color", can whoever was marking it put it down as a spelling mistake?

If you were to submit an essay and spell color and center, colour and centre, could you lose grades for spelling mistakes?

Not for spelling.

But if your essay was about the color of that hairy mole in the center of your teacher's nose... you might lose points.

[Dark Matter]

It's a curious little question for you guys. If you write an essay in an area where "colour" is the correct way to spell it, if you put "color", can whoever was marking it put it down as a spelling mistake?

Quite clearly yes. It's not a word in British English and is therefore a spelling mistake (and vice versa with American English).

[chance]

It's a curious little question for you guys. If you write an essay in an area where "colour" is the correct way to spell it, if you put "color", can whoever was marking it put it down as a spelling mistake?

Quite clearly yes. It's not a word in British English and is therefore a spelling mistake...

Quite clearly no. Both spellings are accepted variants in any English dictionary.

Just pick one form, and use it consistently. (Preferably, use the version that annoys your teacher the most.)

[Mr. RPG]

My teachers would penalize my grade if I used any sort of British English.

I hate the education system here in the states.

[chance]

My teachers would penalize my grade if I used any sort of British English.

I hate the education system here in the states.

Ok, here's what you need to do:

1. Tell your English teacher you've been reading Marcel Proust -- the English translation by C.K. Scott Moncrieff (the one English majors love).

2. Mention how much you enjoyed Remembrance of Things Past Volume 1, and the passage about the "madeleine cookie".

3. Say that you've decided to use the British variant of colour, because you enjoyed Proust that much.

And remember this when you get to college. You might even get "lucky" with an English major some night.

edit/clarity

Edited by chance, 22 May 2012 - 11:23 PM.

[xhawkeyex]

In reality, they are the same language so to debate whether is discussion is meaningless.

You can read and understand both. I don't see why some sites or people have a favorite between English (U.S.) and English (U.K.)

It is the same thing.

It is... but at the same time it isn't. Words can have different meanings, can be said different, and have different spellings. It is honestly hard to understand what somebody is saying if they were to use a word with a different meaning than what is known to another person. That is unless the person has heard that term used beforehand, and knows to expect a different meaning. For example, in the U.K. when someone says Knock-up, it is most commonly meant to say "to wake somebody up", but in the U.S., the term is usually intended to mean "To make pregnant". Both have completely different meanings, but are said in the same way.

Or if you are asked to knock some guy up? what would it mean then?

Yeah, I was having a fag when I knocked him up!

OMG was it bloody? is your boyfriend OK?

UK Person: How 'bout a fag?
US Person: Okay, let me just get my gun for this guy
UK Person: Whoa! We just use a lighter!

- I found this quote hilarious -

[=(:5/7A!I:)=]

Americans are very picky with language, I think. I see that they learn so many technicalities from a young age to the point where a natural English man is considered a dyslex simply because he has a natural grasp of the language. Sigh, people and their inferiority complexes. Guess you needed a dyslexic president for a while as well.

Then they go off and listen to 50 cent or whatever.
May I add, there is no such thing as a dyslexic English man. Americans are too entranced by the accent and phrasing to be critical of the language. On the internet it's a different story.

Edited by =(:5/7A!I:)=, 25 May 2012 - 05:52 PM.

[Saijee]

Not really.

[AhmedElyamani]

it totally depends on what sort of game it is , however, i mostly prefer a mixture between them , so not a very slang American or a very formal British .
Ahmed.