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15 Jul 2009, 18:07
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Officer of the European Continental Army Group: Members Posts: 2351 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: England, Great Britain Member No.: 71 Community Manager at Nexus Mods |
I'm from England, so naturally English is my first language. And I mean proper English not any of this English (US) crap.
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15 Jul 2009, 20:22
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Group: Project Leader Posts: 5870 Joined: 2 June 2009 Member No.: 10 |
I understand the reasoning behind most of the British spelling variant. Words like 'centre' or 'manoeuvre' seem to derive from
French, so for me, there's no logical reason to change them to 'center' or 'maneuver'. I do, however, prefer 'burned' over 'burnt'. |
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15 Jul 2009, 20:57
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Officer of the European Continental Army Group: Members Posts: 2351 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: England, Great Britain Member No.: 71 Community Manager at Nexus Mods |
I understand the reasoning behind most of the British spelling variant. Words like 'centre' or 'manoeuvre' seem to derive from French, so for me, there's no logical reason to change them to 'center' or 'maneuver'. I do, however, prefer 'burned' over 'burnt'. Well it may be french. There's a lot of Latin in English. In England (and other parts of the world) the language is degenerating (or maybe evolving). Slang is become dominant thanks to the internet -------------------- |
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