What is it with all the Americanisms?
Discussion
Hollywood Wheels said:
It's the trend for talking American that pisses me off most. "My Bad"...."Two Thousand Nine" (instead of Two Thousand AND Nine). The list goes on. 
East coast they say thirtyfour hundred instead of three thousand four hundred. Which if you've had a couple of beers......can be a bit tricky.We (as in our business) accept the 'z' in place opf the 's' in words like organization as that has become the norm in graduates as many academic journalsd and text book publishers insist on it, even if it is a UK book.
We penalise, as in count it as an error, if they use any other US speling in their job application as the work involves communicating at a good level within the Uk justice system, not CSI Miami.
holy s
t, close this thread.... The 5-0 are coming!
yes indeedy.
We gave the world the verbal language; the americans are giving us the written language.
I dare say the vast majority of our sources are from america. TV, Internet, Software (which defaults to us-english every step of the way!)
Unless we produce more distributable media, we’re just going to have to accept the americanisation aspect as part of the ever evolving english language.
I’ve found myself spelling words in the american way, simply because I see it so often.
t, close this thread.... The 5-0 are coming! yes indeedy.We gave the world the verbal language; the americans are giving us the written language.
I dare say the vast majority of our sources are from america. TV, Internet, Software (which defaults to us-english every step of the way!)
Unless we produce more distributable media, we’re just going to have to accept the americanisation aspect as part of the ever evolving english language.
I’ve found myself spelling words in the american way, simply because I see it so often.
The use of "z" rather than "s" is usually referred to as an Americanism but I have seen examples of British texts going back to at least the 1920s where it has been used. From what I can see, the choice of using a "z" or an "s" seems to have been used in British English for quite a long time.
I'm an "s" man myself.
I'm an "s" man myself.
Has Al Murray applied for the UK ambassador position in Washington yet?Brown and Boris said:
We (as in our business) accept the 'z' in place opf the 's' in words like organization as that has become the norm in graduates as many academic journalsd and text book publishers insist on it, even if it is a UK book.
We penalise, as in count it as an error, if they use any other US speling in their job application as the work involves communicating at a good level within the Uk justice system, not CSI Miami.
The unnecessary 'D' in Journals is pushing it a bit far though (and I love the irony of spelling spelling wrong!!We penalise, as in count it as an error, if they use any other US speling in their job application as the work involves communicating at a good level within the Uk justice system, not CSI Miami.
The battle against the Americanisation (note the "s" 
) of English spelling is probably lost. I realised this a few months ago when I caught sight of a UK GCSE Science Textbook in which the word "programme" was spelled "program" (and it wasn't referring to computers either) and "vapour" was spelled "vapor". And there were some other American versions of words scattered throughout the book.
If the actual "learning" books pupils are using are promoting American versions of words, then one cannot blame youngsters from using them in everyday writing.
It does irk me though.
) of English spelling is probably lost. I realised this a few months ago when I caught sight of a UK GCSE Science Textbook in which the word "programme" was spelled "program" (and it wasn't referring to computers either) and "vapour" was spelled "vapor". And there were some other American versions of words scattered throughout the book.If the actual "learning" books pupils are using are promoting American versions of words, then one cannot blame youngsters from using them in everyday writing.
It does irk me though.
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