2006-07-16 17:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
There shouldn't have to be - the Americans should learn to write and speak OUR language properly and not use the lazy way of speaking/writing they currently do. And as for the non-imaginative vocabulary they have invented for computers IT and software - it makes you want to weep. E.g someone who uses a computer a USER, the piece of equipment where web pages are downloaded from a SERVER, they must have thought long and hard to come up with these truely unique I-don't-think-so descriptions for things in the IT industry - it so obvioulsy has its roots in Geekdom!!!
2006-07-16 17:34:09 · answer #1 · answered by beiterspace 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Try www.dictionary.com. It can give you the definition of any English word and even a lot of other Latin-derived words. It's a really good site for anything involving English. You can also set it to Thesaurus and get "alternative" words to use, and it lists many informal and slang terms too.
Give it a try, hope it helps!
2006-07-16 17:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by chica_zarca 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the rant message. Americans are supposed to speak English, and who speaks that better than us in England? If we change it, so should they!
Who calls jam 'jelly' anyway? And calling a boot a 'trunk', I don't see it on the front end of an elephant, do you?
2006-07-16 17:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try searching for WordWeb
2006-07-16 17:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by Swaroop B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol
we speak the same language just with accents
2006-07-16 17:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by Galactic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
arent they the same language anyway.
try babelfish
2006-07-16 17:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by MellyMel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary/dictionary.php
2006-07-16 17:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by poppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary/dictionary.php
2006-07-16 17:24:03 · answer #8 · answered by Ryce Queen 13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same "bloody" language!!! "IDIOT" means the same thing
2006-07-16 17:27:53 · answer #9 · answered by arial 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.fretranslation.com
2006-07-16 17:23:55 · answer #10 · answered by Ruben N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋