Americans rewriting history

[Lizard]

JJ wrote....."THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH by Melvyn Bragg is a good, interesting
> read, and covers every aspect of the English language from it's
> beginnings, right through to American, Indian, and Caribbean
> English of today."

Do you mean if youv'e had a double lobotomy, and dont have a life?

[jj]

I think you worded the original thingy wrong.
Anyway, we agree now, so that's fiine, I assume.

Language, eh?

[jj]

OO arsed YOO to stick yer nose innit, eh?
Go sit on a rock and suck yer cloaca, yer sleazebag squamate
heterothermic bastard.

[Sam Slater]

The point of me bringing up the Portuguese/Spanish position was just to point out that Spaniards and Portuguese pretty much understand eachother. There IS differences, and they are further apart than American English, than English English, but my point is that that isn't a good enough reason for software companies to ignore our language.

Lets make is clear, if a Glaswegian, or I spoke to an American, like we would speak to our Mother, then the American would have about as much idea of what I was saying, as a Spaniard would listening to a Portuguese person.

I admit, that this isn't the case, when a language is written down, but it is ignorance and rude for a company just to assume we should use one form of English over our own.

I must also admit that these days, companies are a lot better when it comes to including English English than they were 5-10 years ago, so maybe the consciousness has been raised?

[jj]

> As jj has pointed out, perhaps too strenuously,
I strenuously object to the 'strenuously' :- ))

> I note that you also use the phrase "British English...".
A good point. I lazily used EE as shorthand for the many varieties of UKE.
It wasn't ignorance, rather sheer economy.

[Sam Slater]

[quote]I note that you also use the phrase "British English".[/quote]

I agree, when it comes to the spoken language. Barnsley is less than 30 miles away from me, although we speak differently. I do think though, that when we're talking about the written down language, we can safely use the term 'British English', as any school within the British Isles -and former British colonies- teaches the same spellings.

The basic written language of English English is exactly the same from Jamaica to the Orkney Islands; only the pronunciation and phrases change. So I feel it safe to use the term British when talking of the written language.

Or do you not agree you 'nuisance to doggers' you!

[Sam Slater]

Ah shut thi gob oral cumup an githi sucha crack thal not know if that cummin 'eh' goin!