American vs. British Spelling

[A18]

The poll is for those who do not speak English as a first language.

[MaxQue]

Canadian English, which is a mix of both, that is what teachers were saying us when we asked the question.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

British Spelling

 

[Psychic Octopus]

I don't speak English. I Speak AMERICAN.

[Tender Branson]

I simply mix them.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I simply mix them.

Like colour and flavour...

but not connexion, gaol, or tyre?

[dead0man]

tyre sometimes....aluminium EVERYtime

[12th Doctor]

I don't speak English. I Speak AMERICAN.

"American" actually is a language, from a linguistic standpoint, as much as people make fun of "uneducated" types for saying that.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

British Spelling

^^^

[Franzl]

American

[Gustaf]

British. It feels more sophisticated.

[A18]

British. It feels more sophisticated.

On the ground that it's even more irrational?

[Mint]

Even if it wasn't my first language I'd still say American. There's no need for all those Us, sorry.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Even if it wasn't my first language I'd still say American. There's no need for all those Us, sorry.

Yeah, where the hell do the Brits get off adding unnecessary u's to perfectly fine words like 'labor' and 'color'?

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Even if it wasn't my first language I'd still say American. There's no need for all those Us, sorry.

Yeah, where the hell do the Brits get off adding unnecessary u's to perfectly fine words like 'labor' and 'color'?

They're pompovs.

They shovld get over themselves.

I doe agree, they fhovld.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Even if it wasn't my first language I'd still say American. There's no need for all those Us, sorry.

Yeah, where the hell do the Brits get off adding unnecessary u's to perfectly fine words like 'labor' and 'color'?

Because in English 'labour' is pronounced as 'layber' or 'layba' and 'colour' is pronounced as 'culler' or 'culla'.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I doe agree, they fhovld.

I don't like the f/s one as much.

If you're going to head down that road you should at least be accurate. 'S' was never written as 'f' - there used to be a thing called a 'long s' which looked a little bit like an f and it was common to all countries that used latin alphabets (including in some reasonably well-known American historical documents).

[afleitch]

I miss the 'Ȝ' Bloody moveable type...

[Mechaman]

I'm kind of in between, I speak American English (well more like Dirty Southern English, but I digress) but I was taught to write words in a British style (I was private schooled 1st-5th grade). That is why you see me typing words like "centre", "labour", and "theatre" more often than naught.
It really pissed off my public school teachers whenever I would write a word British style.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I'm kind of in between, I speak American English (well more like Dirty Southern English, but I digress) but I was taught to write words in a British style (I was private schooled 1st-5th grade). That is why you see me typing words like "centre", "labour", and "theatre" more often than naught.
It really pissed off my public school teachers whenever I would write a word British style.

Why did they teach you to write words in a British style?

[Mechaman]

I'm kind of in between, I speak American English (well more like Dirty Southern English, but I digress) but I was taught to write words in a British style (I was private schooled 1st-5th grade). That is why you see me typing words like "centre", "labour", and "theatre" more often than naught.
It really pissed off my public school teachers whenever I would write a word British style.

Why did they teach you to write words in a British style?

I really don't know (have never really given it much thought), I guess they must've though that it sounded more refined or something.
They also had us write everything in cursive when I was in third grade. We also had to wear a school uniform everyday (or we would be sent home) of a solid polo shirt with dress slacks, if that gives you an idea of what kind of private school it was.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Spontaneously I go for the American one.

Also, surprisingly, I'm not sure where it was exactly, but it surprised me then it was surely on an American stuff, maybe on CNN world, I saw 'colour' written.

[Hash]

Canadian English, which is a mix of both, that is what teachers were saying us when we asked the question.

^^

But we use the 'u' in words like labour, favour, colour

[RIP Robert H Bork]

I'm kind of in between, I speak American English (well more like Dirty Southern English, but I digress) but I was taught to write words in a British style (I was private schooled 1st-5th grade). That is why you see me typing words like "centre", "labour", and "theatre" more often than naught.
It really pissed off my public school teachers whenever I would write a word British style.

Pretty much this.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

I'm kind of in between, I speak American English (well more like Dirty Southern English, but I digress) but I was taught to write words in a British style (I was private schooled 1st-5th grade). That is why you see me typing words like "centre", "labour", and "theatre" more often than naught.
It really pissed off my public school teachers whenever I would write a word British style.

Why did they teach you to write words in a British style?

I really don't know (have never really given it much thought), I guess they must've though that it sounded more refined or something.
They also had us write everything in cursive when I was in third grade. We also had to wear a school uniform everyday (or we would be sent home) of a solid polo shirt with dress slacks, if that gives you an idea of what kind of private school it was.

I have plenty of experience wearing uniforms at private schools, but never was I taught improper spelling or usage for an American setting. That's weird....