each time i spell a word correctly i.e 'colour', YA will do that red underline thing as if i've spelt it wrong, Yet it's damn well right.
If this is the Uk and Ireland version- why are they trying to dumb us down to the level of the Americans (who massacred our language)??
2007-12-19 08:19:07 · 28 answers · asked by Jimmy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
We invented the language.
Bill Gates invented microsoft & windows.
So that specky little nerd gets to play god when we,re online.
( Whether we like it or not...! )
2007-12-19 08:31:40 · answer #1 · answered by Merovingian 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
hehe, actually, you didn't invent the language. You just mixed some old german, some old french and some latin together and got english...nah, just kidding. I guess that's because there are more people who speak/write american english than those who speak/write british english...at school we always got told that we are learning british english but when I went to London last summer I noticed that a) my pronouncation is more american b) I spell words the american way.
Fazit: even english-teachers don't know what british english is anymore. I started practicing on my own now by watching Doctor Who (lol) because i really enjoy the british accent and want to be able to talk like that, too. You really have some awesome language over there, you know that?
2007-12-19 08:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by Eva K 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Theatre, colour, neighbour. Am on Yahoo UK and Ireland and these words had no mis-spellings. I haven't added or altered anything, so don't know why you only get the American spellings. If on yahoo.com/answers I get the American dictionary, but on uk.answers.yahoo.com, the proper English spellings. Don't know what firefox is that the others are talking about.
2007-12-19 11:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by blackgrumpycat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Got to smile and agree, but remember if you want help from British Telecom you will be directed to a small office in New Delhi.
Pay peanuts and you employ?
Quite like our American cousins being here or are we on Yahoo USA?
Does create a few linguistic barriers though.
A chip is a crisp unless it's in a PC or a chip is a fry unless it's in a PC and two potatoes equal?
2007-12-19 08:37:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok I understand where you are coming from. It's not about who invented what...yes we are from different countries, yes we speak the same language, and yes there are some words that are spelled completely differently. But instead of attacking Americans on this, maybe you should contact Microsoft with your issue. I also don't agree with your statement about degrading your spelling. They probably have ran polls on what english language dictionary is used more frequently, such as Webster or Oxford.
2007-12-19 10:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well said, that man! That cad Bill Gates has a damn nerve, I reckon he gets George Bush to help him write letters too.
There is no such thing as American spelling its just dyslexic drivel and nonsense.
Sorry for any offense to dyslexic people this may have caused if you can read this, you have a very real problem and are not at all slow or lazy in the least.
2007-12-19 08:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
You need to change the language settings on whatever program you are using. I always change it to UK English as well.
2015-09-15 10:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Orla C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The americans are in no position to dictate to us how to spell our own language. Incidentally, English is NOT an official language in the usa - they don't have one! English is merely the most widely spoken (albeit poorly). Watch for the thumbs -down!
2007-12-19 08:34:35 · answer #8 · answered by Raymo 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Use Firefox and use the Dictionary add-on, the proper British English one of course, and you'll never use the spell check again!
2007-12-19 08:24:10 · answer #9 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Right, right, you're bloody well right.
Wait 'till you see how homonym-challenged them Yanks are. They wouldn't know the difference between their, there, they're, your, and you're, even if misused homonyms could bite them on their super-sized hineys.
In the words of Monty Python: "Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth."
2007-12-19 08:45:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋