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So many brits on macrumors

I also like how the site is active 24 hours a day, always providing an answer to some questions. All of the guys on the site are cool, being geeky mac freaks like me :p
 
®îçhå®? said:
The UK rules!!! And no of course it is not a British site., the Americans spell 'rumours' wrong. ;)
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It took me a long time to get used to typing "rumors" instead of "rumours."
 
dextertangocci said:
It took me a long time to get used to typing "rumors" instead of "rumours."
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That was a problem for me as well. But now, i do only spell it rumors. It is really annoying with school work.

Damn my adiction to the site!!!
 
I refuse to type rumours without the u. It just doesn't feel or look right to me. To me, rumours looks like it should be pronounce rooomorz but without the u it looks like it should be pronounce "rumorz" rum, like the drink, rather than room.
 
For what it's worth, I just call it "MR", as the second half of the name doesn't seem to be used much anymore, what with Apple clamping down and all, so I prefer not to write it out.... ;)
 
Hey don't blame us for our odd spellings, blame this guy.

Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in 1825 in Paris, France and at the University of Cambridge. His book contained 70,000 words, of which 12,000 had never appeared in any earlier published dictionary. As a spelling reformer, Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex, so his dictionary introduced American English spellings like "color" instead of "colour," "wagon" instead of "waggon," "center" instead of "centre," and "honor" instead of "honour." He also added American words that were not in British dictionaries like "skunk" and "squash." At the age of seventy, Webster published his dictionary in 1828.
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bobscliff said:
Did i miss something? Is macrumors a british site? if so i'd think it would be a .co.uk url. is it just that there is a significant mac user demographic in the UK? don't get me wrong, i love the british! rule britannia! i've just wondered it for a while.
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how about www.macrumours.co.uk then :)
 
Damn that webster!! If he was here now, i would burn that dictionary and do alotta horrible thigs to him.
 
cwedl said:
how about www.macrumours.co.uk then :)
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machow:marc> whois macrumours.co.uk

No match for "macrumours.co.uk".

This domain name has not been registered.

WHOIS lookup made at 17:46:23 10-Aug-2006

Quick! Who will help macrumo(u)rs in world domination?
 
spicyapple said:
Indeed there are quite a few of us that are from the UK. Gives Macrumors a nice international flavour that's missing from other Mac-centric sites.
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Flavor

Haha, I love our spelling differences :)
 
DMPDX said:
Flavor

Haha, I love our spelling differences :)
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See, to me that says flavva or flavvorrr, putting the u back in makes it look like it's meant to be pronounced - "flayver"

Loving my excess u's

Ooh and another few I like typing in predominantly American forums:

Tyre - the rubber things on the wheels of your car
Cheque - a signed piece of paper authorising the transfer of a specific sum of money.

Anaesthesia and encyclopaedia.

The person who delivers the anaesthesia is an Anaesthetist, not an anaesthesiologist.

Oh I have a lot of fun some times. Don't get me started on all your "z's" pronounced "zeds" not "zees."

I think using "s" looks more civilised don't you?

Centre, metre.

Oh I could go on for ages arguing how things are spelt.
 
Chundles said:
See, to me that says flavva or flavvorrr, putting the u back in makes it look like it's meant to be pronounced - "flayver"

Loving my excess u's

Ooh and another few I like typing in predominantly American forums:

Tyre - the rubber things on the wheels of your car
Cheque - a signed piece of paper authorising the transfer of a specific sum of money.

Anaesthesia and encyclopaedia.

The person who delivers the anaesthesia is an Anaesthetist, not an anaesthesiologist.

Oh I have a lot of fun some times. Don't get me started on all your "z's" pronounced "zeds" not "zees."

I think using "s" looks more civilised don't you?

Centre, metre.

Oh I could go on for ages arguing how things are spelt.
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I should've guess this was gonna happen - another language thread...:rolleyes: (Ps: not specfically aimed at you Chundles!)

Anyway, I'm British with all it entails,yadayadaya...
 
bobscliff said:
funny story about a british person. my friend's mom was near san diego and was lost, looking for La Jolla, but she was going around pronouncing it without the silent J, so it was "La Jawla" I feel bad for her and of course dont blame her. Imagine an english speaker in france...
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You've obviously never seen an American in England. "Lie-chester-shire" Pardon? Do you mean "Leicestershire?"
 
SpookTheHamster said:
You've obviously never seen an American in England. "Lie-chester-shire" Pardon? Do you mean "Leicestershire?"
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Then again, it happens within the UK as well, my dad (born in Kent, worked in London all his life, commutes from Essex) was trying to buy a single back to Tower Hill (a fairly busy and well-known station in Zone 1) on the tube, as he'd left his season ticket at home. He has a fairly nondescript, not posh, not anything, just a normal South-East English accent.

"A single to Tower Hill please"
"Sorry, to where, mate?"
"Tower Hill"
"I'm sorry?"
"Tower Hill"
"Where?"
"Tower Hill?"
"No, still not getting ya"
"Tower Hill"
"Where?"
"Tower Hill, in Zone 1, near Fenchurch Street"
"Oh, Taaaaaaaaahr 'ill"
"Er, yeah"

:p
 
®îçhå®? said:
Damn that webster!! If he was here now, i would burn that dictionary and do alotta horrible thigs to him.
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I feel the same way, I wish that we Yanks still used proper English and spelled our words correctly. :eek: :)
 
Abstract said:
I'm a Canadian ex-Londoner living in Oz. What does that make me? :eek:
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Someone who should move to NZ and then get a place in the U.S. for summer, just for fun. :D
 
I'd like to take this opportunity that not all Australians have convict history. South Australians and Western Australians predominantly came out of their own accord, unshackled. We're the classy Aussie bastards. :cool:
 
mad jew said:
I'd like to take this opportunity that not all Australians have convict history. South Australians and Western Australians predominantly came out of their own accord, unshackled. We're the classy Aussie bastards. :cool:
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Yep, the free settlers decided it would be a good idea to move to either SA or WA... classy? Maybe, but I don't know if they really thought the move through.

Have you got that "television" thing over there in Sarf Ostralia yet oh mad one?
 
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