Poor spelling and lack of grammar?

[EricNau]

Bad spelling/grammar due to naïveté doesn't bother me, but laziness does.

...You should take the time to capitalize letters, use complete words, write complete sentences, and use ending punctuation. Not doing so displays a severe lack of respect for the message you're presenting.

 

[skunk]

I am just further trying to make American English separate as possible.

PS: I have nothing against Americans, I just do not want them to call their language "English" any more even if it is similar to British English right now.

What's it to you? It isn't even your language. Can you not go and obsess about something else?

 

[skunk]

Bad spelling/grammar due to naïveté doesn't bother me, but laziness does.

...You should take the time to capitalize letters, use complete words, write complete sentences, and use ending punctuation. Not doing so displays a sever lack of respect for the message you're presenting.

Case in point.

 

[EricNau]

Case in point.

Darn, thought I caught that before anyone noticed.

But frankly, I don't see how a typo contradicts my message regarding intentional laziness.

 

[IJ Reilly]

But frankly, I don't see how a typo contradicts my message regarding intentional laziness.

It's a indication of moral turpitude, at the very least.

 

[skunk]

It's a indication of moral turpitude, at the very least.

Indeed. Sever moral turpitude.

 

[Phrasikleia]

PS: I have nothing against Americans, I just do not want them to call their language "English" any more even if it is similar to British English right now.

It already has its own designation: American English, which differentiates it from British English or from Old English or from the Queen's English or what have you. The "English" part designates the root of the language.

The southern German dialect is quite different from the German spoken in the north or even from that spoken in Austria, but they all share a root language, Old German.

For that matter, ask any Slovene about the countless dialects in that tiny little country (Slovenia is about the size of the US state of New Jersey). Most Slovenes will tell you that a person from one end of the country will have great difficulty understanding a person from the other, but they're still speaking Slovene, and all of those dialects in turn differ from "Book Slovene"!

Who is to say which dialect may lay claim to the exclusive right to use a root designation?

You're kidding yourself if you think there is one "pure" version of English.

 

[skunk]

It has long been a truism that the best English is spoken by the Irish.

 

[TEG]

Quite wrong!
Aluminium was first isolated by a German, the process improved by Frenchmen, and named by an Englishman - Humphry Davy. He first called it alumium, then aluminum, then changed to aluminium after a suggestion from an anonymous magazine contributor.
There are other metals ending in -um, such as platinum, tantalum, molybdenum etc. Not sure why no-one suggested these names be changed.

Well the basics of the story were correct. I heard it a long time ago so forgive me for messing up the details. The heart of the story is that the original name was "aluminum" and the newer name is "aluminium".

I get so upset when I see people not using the "oxford" (or "serial") comma. It is the comma that goes between the second to last article in a list and the conjunction.

Then there is the pronounciation of the word forte. The words for a strong point (forte) and a stronghold (fort) are pronounced the same... fort. Only when referring to music should the "e" be pronounced.

TEG

 

[skunk]

I get so upset when I see people not using the "oxford" (or "serial") comma. It is the comma that goes between the second to last article in a list and the conjunction.

Practice varies by country. Clarity is the only valid criterion.

Then there is the pronounciation of the word forte. The words for a strong point (forte) and a stronghold (fort) are pronounced the same... fort. Only when referring to music should the "e" be pronounced.

Another arbitrary assertion. In the UK the strong point is usually pronounced as in Italian.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Sever moral turpitude.

From what? And what do you have left after the moral turpitude is removed?

 

[skunk]

From what? And what do you have left after the moral turpitude is removed?

Presumably some kind of stump.

 

[kabunaru]

It isn't even your language.

Why does it even matter if it is my language or not?
I do not think that should make a difference.

 

[skunk]

Why does it even matter if it is my language or not?
I do not think that should make a difference.

Why does it even matter to you if different parts of the English-speaking world use different dialects or not?
I do not think that should make a difference to you.

 

[kabunaru]

Why does it even matter to you if different parts of the English-speaking world use different dialects or not?

Well, I do think Americans should not call their language "English" any more.
At least call it: "Ameringlish" or "Americano" at least.
Simple as that.

 

[skunk]

Well, I do think Americans should not call their language "English" any more.
At least call it: "Ameringlish" or "Americano" at least.
Simple as that.

Why? It is a variant of English, as is British English. England does not own the language.

 

[kabunaru]

Why?

At least some day when American English and British English are no longer mutually intelligible should the name change occur.

 

[Phrasikleia]

I get so upset when I see people not using the "oxford" (or "serial") comma. It is the comma that goes between the second to last article in a list and the conjunction.

Then there is the pronounciation of the word forte. The words for a strong point (forte) and a stronghold (fort) are pronounced the same... fort. Only when referring to music should the "e" be pronounced.

TEG

Well, we're all allowed our pet peeves, but in both cases, either option is now standard. (I'm with you on the first one, though.)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/forte

 

[skunk]

At least some day when American English and British English are no longer mutually intelligible should the name change occur.

Until that happens, can you please stop banging on about it?

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Well, I do think Americans should not call their language "English" any more.
At least call it: "Ameringlish" or "Americano" at least.
Simple as that.

Why? I wouldn't even consider it a different dialect; sure we use different slang terms, but for the most part, except for the lack of some superfluous u's, it's the exact language. Americans have equal grammatical skills to those of other English speaking countries.
Stereotypes are a bad thing.

 

[kabunaru]

can you please stop banging on about it?

Yes, sir.

Actually, you guys convinced me now that I am wasting my time on changing American English.
I still consider this to be changed though in American English:
Revise--->Revize

It is the only change Americans should consider.
Other than that, I am fine with both American English and British English.

 

[MrSmith]

It has long been a truism that the best English is spoken by the Irish.

Though it often fails the comprehension test...

 

[skunk]

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

 

[skunk]

Though it often fails the comprehension test...

Old Irish builders' joke:

Q: What's the difference between a joist and a girder?

A: Joist wrote Ulysses, Girder wrote Faust.

 

[Phrasikleia]

Why? I wouldn't even consider it a different dialect; sure we use different slang terms, but for the most part, except for the lack of some superfluous u's, it's the exact language. Americans have equal grammatical skills to those of other English speaking countries.
Stereotypes are a bad thing.

There are vocabulary differences as well. I once owned a British-American dictionary that had hundreds of entries in it. For example: torch/flashlight, lift/elevator, lorry/truck, boot/trunk. If you said to most Americans, "Please get the torch out of the boot before entering the lift", they probably wouldn't understand your request.