2007-08-15 07:27:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
For instance, I have heard some British people pronounce the word aluminum "al-u-min-e-um" that doesn't make any sense at all. And don't get me started with the word schedule.
2007-08-15 07:47:24 · update #1
Apparently the British decided to change the word because they wanted to say it differently---http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Spelling
2007-08-15 08:23:40 · update #2
They speak "Olde English" and we speak and write in American English. Neither is "wrong". But yeah I agree with you about "schedule"..."shed yool"! Gotta love 'em. :)
2007-08-16 17:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by ღღღ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
British people do not say words wrong, actually if you think about it, American's are the ones who say words "wrong" The English or British spoke English before America was even discovered. American's are just so used to speaking a different way, with the "accent" that we sometimes think that the British talk funny, when in reality, WE are the ones who talk funny.
2007-08-15 14:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by Marrianne 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you are an American, the way they speak sounds wrong to you, but if you're an Englishman/woman, exactly the opposite is true.
Now, who invented the language, The British or the American?
In practical terms, the wrong ones are the British people, because the commercial and informal English most used worldwide, by far, is American English.
But in terms of grammatical and speech correctness, the right ones are the British, because they set the rules and uses when they invented the language, pure and simple.
That's why British people "say it all wrong", when they are actually "saying all right" if you know what I mean.
2007-08-15 14:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by Robin_Charlie 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Actually, the word 'aluminum' is incorrect; the proper spelling is 'aluminium', it's just that ages ago an idiot North American forgot the extra 'i' and now everyone in NA says and spells it wrong.
2007-08-15 15:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by xsneaker_pimpsx 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What the deal with the hatred of British people? I would assume you never had a British friend. they are pretty much like us (the looks, if you are Caucasian) but they talk a little funny but not wrong.
2007-08-15 14:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by Curious mind 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who invented english, anyway?
This sounds like puertorricans or mexicans correcting people from Spain on how to pronounce spanish.
2007-08-15 16:25:29 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ermm. I think you'll find that it's we Brits who say words right and everyone else that says them all wrong - and spells them wrong as well!!!
2007-08-15 14:33:01 · answer #7 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you sure that they are the ones who say words all wrong ?
2007-08-15 15:40:29 · answer #8 · answered by nadie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
British people say things wrong because, they have accents.
Even my mom can't understand them, I have to translate!!!!
2007-08-15 15:29:20 · answer #9 · answered by Lorenzo E 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
because Americans are kings of the worlds
2007-08-15 14:38:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋