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2006-08-16 07:54:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No way, it always has been and always will be "schedule" but I blame those semi-literate BBC oiks, damn their hides to Hades.
It's the same as pronouncing "Carribean" as Ka-ri-beeyan instead of the correct (and slight more clipped) Carrib-ian.
Standards have well and truly slipped.
2006-08-16 08:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by Si R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I assume you are talking about pronuncation and not spelling. Everyone spells the word as 'schedule' but there is a difference in pronunciation.
UK - shed-ule
US - sked-ule
Although I am from the UK, I pronounce the work with a 'sk' sound at the start. I also work in a school, not a shool. Same spelling but confusing difference in pronunciation of the 'sch' diagraph. It's another oddity of the English language.
2006-08-16 09:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by louisew25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone once said to me, "The British learn to say 'shedule' in 'shool'!", and I used the American pronunciation ever after, since it seemed more logical. However, the 'sch' spelling is Germanic in origin, and the Germans pronounce it "sh", so we SHOULD actually say 'shedule' and 'shool'.
I think it's the French (Norman) influence that gives us the pronunciation 'skool' (ecole, in modern French) and 'skolar' (i.e. scholar—but shouldn't that have two "L"s, as in collar?!?), but the Germans gave us 'shedule'. Those Germans eh? Always so punctual (I should know, I married one)!
Still can't bring myself to say vite-amin though, even though apparently the word is a contraction of "vital amine" which (horror of horrors) means the Yanks actually got that one right...
(I am a Brit, BTW)
2006-08-17 05:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by tjs282 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am with you. Someone on the BBC said the American version the other day. I also hate the increasing use of such terms as 'two times winner' when the English is twice winner.
2006-08-16 08:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by lykovetos 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a mis-spelling, not a dialect spelling, surely? I've *never* seen that used, in the UK or the US. And would certainly never use the incorrect version, either!
2006-08-17 01:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by bouncingtigger13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to get out more...people from different places pronounce things differently that's all.
We in America go to school and pronounce it skool.
The word scheme is pronounced skeem.
Scholar is pronounced with the sk sound too.
So I believe that schedule is pronounced skedule.
Get it, got it, good!
2006-08-16 14:30:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't aware that even the Americans used such a spelling.
2006-08-16 08:02:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly hope not! I had no idea such appalling abuse of the English language was occurring. We must fight to keep the spelling right!
2006-08-17 00:19:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly not!!!! - Here's your mission in life - teach the Americans how to spell and pronounce.
2006-08-16 08:04:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's quite simple, No we haven't. They have because they can"t spell correctly and they think their way is best. It's the way they have been educated.
And yeah I know my spelling and grammar are questionable too.
2006-08-16 08:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by skin&bone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋