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Are they trying to hijack the English language?
2006-06-27 07:46:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Sometimes I'm so embarrassed to be associated with my fellow Americans. This is one of those times.
2006-06-27 07:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by magistra_linguae 6 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Haha, no, they aren't trying to hijack the english language... only that their way of spelling is different, not wrong. They are known for their english, it's who they are. It's like the french in France... they spell things differently then the french written in Canada. As well as sign language... you would think that something with your hands would be the same worldwide, but not at all. It's different from one country to another.
2006-06-27 07:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by Rednr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the British spoke the English language and wrote it long before Americans did. The American version of English is not proper English, and is the lazy version. Americans dropped letters from words to save time in writing. If anyone has hijacked the English language, its us Americans, myself included.
In fact, the English written in Britain is the English accepted everywhere in the world except the US! What's that tell you about the US?
2006-06-27 07:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by rliedtky 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have to admit, they used the English language before it came to the US.
And why do we get so bent out of shape about spelling, anyway (though I admit I've always been a bit pedantic about spelling myself)? Mark Twain said, "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." As long as it's fairly legible, who really cares?
2006-06-27 09:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by Muddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Okay you are either American or something else not English. English Language originated from England , not wherever you are from okay, learn your history and your culture and then come on yahoo and talk properly.
2006-06-27 21:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by kida_w 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't!!
YOU do!!
And YOU are the ones who hijacked the English language!!!
; )
2006-06-27 17:04:39 · answer #6 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe it was americans who hijacked the english language... think about it
2006-06-27 11:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by paL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must mean "why do AMERICANS" spell everything wrong - English originated in Britain, don't forget.
2006-06-27 09:28:14 · answer #8 · answered by manorris3265 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
americans spell it wrong because the british created english and you modified it
2006-06-27 07:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by me 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
is your question serious? They started the language and the americans changed it
2006-06-27 07:59:10 · answer #10 · answered by oldbuckhorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we dont. since were english we spell it right. Hence England - English
2006-06-27 07:50:22 · answer #11 · answered by Polly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋