Also the ridiculous way they mispronounce words like tomato and mispell colour, for gods sake they have stolen our language and proceed to butcher it we should invade and get it back !!!!!!!!!!!
2006-06-30 02:03:08 · 14 answers · asked by maddogs 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Cannibalized? What the hell does that mean? In American, Cannibalism is the eating of one human by another. I have no idea how you intended this word in the context of language.
First of all, we "Yanks" are slowly returning English (soon to be named "American") back to its original state.
English USED to be a phoenetic language, meaning that it was spelled like it sounded.
Unfortunately, two things happened which bastardized the language:
The first was the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066. This led to the introduction of French words and spellings into English.
The second was the invention of the printing press in 1447. It used to be that books were copied by monks, by hand. The system of commerce which emerged from the invention of the press involved pricing of printed material (primarily books) based on the number of pages they had. Printers figured out that if they found ways to print more pages in books, they would make more money per book. So they put extra letters into words to extend the actual length of the material.
Now Americans, unhindered by such a system and practicality-oriented, are, by purpose and/or ignorance, returning English to its proper form, deleting unnecessary letters from words.
Hence we have "color" instead of "colour" (which would be pronounced "col-ower" in our pronunciation system, which I do to annoy my British friends), "program" instead of "programme," etc.
2006-06-30 05:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somehow you have missed the point of the English language entirely. English is a constantly evolving language expanding still at a phenomenal rate. It gains its strength by borrowing words from numerous other languages. If English hadn't borrowed freely from French it would just be Dutch spoken in a mumble. In the coming years I expect the American version to load up on Asian and Latin American words, with a sprinkling of Arabic and Farsi.
2006-06-30 09:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by Huey from Ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, the world has changed and there is no perfect society. I am sure that even within Great Britain you will find massacred versions of the English language. Read a book, listen to a song, watch a movie, etc they are not perfect. Accept that which is and move on.
2006-06-30 09:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a course: It's called American Television.
It isn't another BBC documentary on Cheese or an episode of Ms. Marples, so please be careful not get to your Brit wits overstimulated.
--By the way, American television sucks just as horribly as BBC fluff, but of course there are some gems. But it is completely understandable why you knight all your entertainers, to be British and entertaining at the same time requires great effort.
2006-06-30 09:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by 3ulb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to be honest...Im no yank sympathiser...BUT...have you heard the way most of your country speaks "English",if anyones "cannibalised" it then its the Yobs,Chavs and Innits of the UK.
Lets say it together waTer,thats right theirs a T in there...one more time waTer.
I have a point innit?
2006-06-30 10:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Genobeba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you! Coming from Australia, we've always thought it was admirable that the Yanks changed their language [this is true!] to be independent, but it is a bummer that spell-checks, etc. are coded in American spelling!!
It's unfair to those of us who actually speak English as opposed to American.
2006-06-30 09:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by say_it_straight9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pure British English... This is coming from someone who comes from the country exporting Ali G.
2006-06-30 12:14:10 · answer #7 · answered by Lao Polyglot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU CAN'T FIND THAT COURSE--COME ON OVER AND WE'LL LET YOU LIVE AMONG THE NATIVES TO LEARN THIS CANNIBAL ENGLISH WE SPEAK--and we didn't steal the language--we brought it with us when we left --and if you really think you want it back THAT bad---come on over and get it if you think you can---been awhile but you don't do so good at things over here when it comes to taking things back
2006-06-30 09:13:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ifn you lived here in Texas. I wud tuter yu. Yu ceam to hav a gud hed on yer sholders. come on over and set a spell.
2006-06-30 09:07:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will send you the book"American Language Ffor Dummies"
BTW you misspelled "misspell" At least we aren't illiterate!
Oxford my A$$.
2006-06-30 09:26:18 · answer #10 · answered by changeling 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋