2006-09-16 12:34:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The Americans do it their way, we do it correctly.
2006-09-16 13:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by aarcue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should there be any need to change? That's the beauty of English - it's constantly evolving and that's why it's such a global language.
Referring to Wikipedia, "center" was actually how _British_ people spelled the word 150 years ago. It was only the Victorian taste for French culture that caused the British to start spelling it "centre". The Americans simply kept spelling it the way they always had done. If you want to argue about the heritage of the word, I'd say the Americans have it.
2006-09-16 20:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be daft, sox is not the American spelling of socks. Both countries spell the word in the same way. The sox are a baseball team.
2006-09-16 19:39:57 · answer #3 · answered by bambam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think that at all. Each to his own.
Centre is a more formal or old fashioned way of spelling that word.
Center is a more casual & new fashioned way of spelling that word.
Socks is spelled the same in both countries. The word Sox is a slang word for a baseball team.
2006-09-16 19:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you mean is, why don't we just turn everything back over to England and stop being a country with our own culture.
WE DO SPELL "SOCKS" as "SOCKS". You must be thinking about the baseball team, the "Red Sox", which has nothing to do with red-socks. Just an FYI.
2006-09-16 19:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are more speakers of American English than any other form, and perhaps more than all other forms combined.
Given majority-rules, shouldn't everyone else conform to the US spelling?
(And "Sox" are two baseball teams, one in Boston, and one in Chicago)
2006-09-16 21:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by mahgri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, why bother...colour, neighbour, centre...as long as we know what words we're using, we can still read each others writing.
What I don't see in N. America is words like spelt...e.g., how is that spelled? It's spelt without a U....
2006-09-16 19:44:49 · answer #7 · answered by MillwoodsGal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think one is better than the other, it's just two different ways to spell a word, who cares.
2006-09-16 19:39:52 · answer #8 · answered by WHATS UP! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, languages are supposed to change and evolve according to the customs of the people.
2006-09-16 19:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by Heidi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
noe
2006-09-16 19:37:57 · answer #10 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋