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**Stappipsy** · 09-17-2007, 02:10 AM

Yup, but the Americans have their own Imperial ideas, just like they have their own English really.

Same as the difference between an American billion (1,000,000,000) and a UK billion (1,000,000,000,000). Annoyingly, the UK has adopted much of this stuff because of international economics and so on. Same as language, lots of textbooks written by UK authors use American spelling for scientific stuff, an example would be the word acadaemic (US academic), or Oesophagus (US esophagus), or Oestrogen (US Estrogen).

I don't mind the American spelling and stuff, that's fine, that's what works for the US then cool. But it pisses me off that so much American culture seeps over here to the UK. Possibly the most unsavoury aspect being gun culture.

/rant

In any case, with regards tot he original question, I was seriously considering getting a website going called toofatforkendo.com......

Mike

I think what gets me is lazy publishers of books. When a book is written in US English only simply because they do not want to do two proof reads and print runs. Its not that it spoils the read itself but it plays havoc with ones spelling ability.

On the changes front it does work the other way. We changed from "fall" to "Autumn" whilst they retained the original. And we changed "aluminum" to "aluminium" because...Well I don't know but I know it was we who changed it.

there is some good stuff to come out of the US.

Bill Bryson - one funny funny man and a hellova writer
Braces - about time we started good dental work
US KIDS TV - now most is drivel but I like it for one thing; that US kids often have braces on even on tv programmes which I think makes the wearing of them more acceptible (role model stuff). If such programmes allow kids to wear braces without being bullied about it - then all power to them

09-17-2007, 02:10 AM	#19
Stappipsy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	Yup, but the Americans have their own Imperial ideas, just like they have their own English really. Same as the difference between an American billion (1,000,000,000) and a UK billion (1,000,000,000,000). Annoyingly, the UK has adopted much of this stuff because of international economics and so on. Same as language, lots of textbooks written by UK authors use American spelling for scientific stuff, an example would be the word acadaemic (US academic), or Oesophagus (US esophagus), or Oestrogen (US Estrogen). I don't mind the American spelling and stuff, that's fine, that's what works for the US then cool. But it pisses me off that so much American culture seeps over here to the UK. Possibly the most unsavoury aspect being gun culture. /rant In any case, with regards tot he original question, I was seriously considering getting a website going called toofatforkendo.com...... Mike I think what gets me is lazy publishers of books. When a book is written in US English only simply because they do not want to do two proof reads and print runs. Its not that it spoils the read itself but it plays havoc with ones spelling ability. On the changes front it does work the other way. We changed from "fall" to "Autumn" whilst they retained the original. And we changed "aluminum" to "aluminium" because...Well I don't know but I know it was we who changed it. there is some good stuff to come out of the US. Bill Bryson - one funny funny man and a hellova writer Braces - about time we started good dental work US KIDS TV - now most is drivel but I like it for one thing; that US kids often have braces on even on tv programmes which I think makes the wearing of them more acceptible (role model stuff). If such programmes allow kids to wear braces without being bullied about it - then all power to them
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