Yes, we all know that the Yanks cannot spell properly....?

Question

...and the English and Canadians spell their words correctly, but how do the Australians spell? Do they use "americanisms" in their language or do they use British-English?

Answer 1

I don't know, but "Americanism" should be capitaliz(s)ed and "British-English" should not be hyphenated.

We Yanks (properly "Yankees"...from British English) at least know our grammar.

Answer 2

Australian spelling is generally very similar to British spelling, with a few exceptions (for example, program is more common than programme).[6][7] Publishers, schools, universities and governments typically use the Macquarie Dictionary as a standard spelling reference. Both -ise and -ize are accepted, as in British English, but -ise is the preferred form in Australian English by a ratio of about 3:1 according to the Macquarie's Australian Corpus of English.

There is a widely held belief in Australia that "American spellings" are a modern intrusion, but the debate over spelling is much older and has little to do with the influence of North American English. For example, a pamphlet entitled The So-Called "American Spelling.", published in Sydney some time before 1900, argued that "there is no valid etymological reason for the preservation of the u in such words as honor, labor, etc." The pamphlet noted, correctly, that "the tendency of people in Australasia is to excise the u, and one of the Sydney morning papers habitually does this, while the other generally follows the older form".

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Answer 3

OK so think we spell correctly, English spelling reflects the historical development of the language which as you know has changed quite abit.
Middle English Period 1100 - 1500 nothing like what today's spelling is.
16th Century doute and now the insertion of the b imported from Latin dubitare.
Have parents who are language profs so I do know a tiny bit about the subject.
So I do not think you can generalise on the spelling

Answer 4

Everybody speaking English is speaking English English. The Americans have accepted differences from Engish spellings, it doesn't mean they cannot spell. As far as I can tell the Australians speak Engish English with a stange accent called "Strine" and they spell as in English English.

Answer 5

C, Yanks in 5. Aside from Cliff Lee, Rangers pitching is no match for the brutal Yankees offense.

Answer 6

It's a mixture. Most of their spellings are of the UK type, but American spellings have come in.

When each nation started out, spelling was not as well defined as it is now. So we have all defined our spelling a little down the line, so to speak. So in Australia, they spell Australian.

My beef is that UK people don't know (or won't use) the agreed spellings of our own country.

Answer 7

We spell correctly only differently. Are you saying Sister Margaret was wrong?

Answer 8

And we all know that Brits are arrogant prigs living in the past who forget that the majority of native speakers of English in the world are Americans. Join the 21st century.

Answer 9

Aussies have their own patois, most words they use the British spelling for (colour, manouevre etc) but they have lots of their own words - larrikin, ocker, donnybrook, shiela, daggy, hairyback, dunny and of course Pom.

Answer 10

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