Re: A dialect with army and navy...

<The invention of
wordprocessers has further ossified these niggly differences>

 

It is more important to essentially  communicate than to spell correctly, we have a word game called Countdown, I find it fearfully silly, that they do not allow the American spellings, unless they are in the dratted book, niggly, yes and I am SO niggled that I find I switch it off frequently.

Bleagh! I'm off to my Kitchen - Coffee anyone??

Patricia

----- Original Message -----

From: llama_nom

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:52 AM

Subject: [norse_course] Re: A dialect with army and navy...

>  but they actually achieved to change their English
> language into a new standard, endowed not only with a different
pronunciation,
> but also with a different spelling, though not very remarkable
(think of -ize
> instead of -ise, "harbor" instead of "harbour").


I get the impression that the spelling -ize was the more normal one
in Britain even in the early 20th century.  Not sure when or why -
ise took over, but I think it existed as an acceptable alternative
before becoming general.  Maybe it was a case of British spelling
authorities wanting to assert their independence of the global power
after WW2?  But I don't really know.  The invention of
wordprocessers has further ossified these niggly differences.

Llama Nom





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