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Old 11-02-2011, 11:53 AM   #61
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Old 11-02-2011, 11:55 AM   #62
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All spellings of center/centre are incorrect depending on who you ask. I love my language.

You use 're' expect when the word follows a preposition or a proper noun or in the case of Molson. I made that up, but it accurately depicts how I feel about my language and spelling in general.
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:31 PM   #63
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:33 PM   #64
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"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. "
James D. Nicoll (1990-05-15).

"English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."
H. Beam Piper
Between those two statements , methinks there is a great truth!
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:42 PM   #65
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Aussies have that twangy accent.

How does an accent effect English spelling?
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:43 PM   #66
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How much different is Canadian English to Australian English? Maybe you could buy from Australia.
Hmm... Australia English sounds more exciting anyway...
But do you think you can buy Australian ebooks in Canada? I think in unlikely.
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Old 11-02-2011, 12:52 PM   #67
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So what you're saying is Canadians are caught in between American and British English ?
Kind of like you guys are caught in between French and English ?
talk about bipolar cultural diversity

PS: Vous êtes du Quebec non ? Donc vous êtes francophones ? J'aimes bien le Canada, je trouves la dualité linguistique intéressante.

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I constantly bounce around with color/colour, neighbor/neighbour, armor/armour, etc. but most of the time, I do add the 'U', and it's usually more popular in Canada to add U and use S instead of Z from my experience.

As for measurements, it's a mess in Canada. While most of the time both the metric units and imperial units are listed, for usage, it's mostly (again, in my experience):

Speed and distance are in kilometers/meters, drinks and liquid in general are in liters, and food is in grams/kilograms, height is feet and inches, a house is square feet, electronics are measured in inches...
Outside temperature is in Celsius, but cooking is mostly in Fahrenheit.

It's not easy being Canadian.
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Old 11-02-2011, 02:36 PM   #68
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So what you're saying is Canadians are caught in between American and British English ?
I prefer to see us as the link between the two. We stay in touch with both, have great relations with everyone, get all the good stuff that we can from both, while continuing to be different at the same time!

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PS: Vous êtes du Quebec non ? Donc vous êtes francophones ? J'aimes bien le Canada, je trouves la dualité linguistique intéressante.
Je ne dirai pas que je suis francophone, mais je parle le français assez bien. Par contre, pour en ce qui concerne le bilinguisme, ça peut être intéressant et je suis très content d’avoir la chance d’apprendre les deux langues, surtout que cela me rend trilingue, mais ça peut aussi être très difficile ou tannant. Des fois, j’aimerai bien avoir juste une seule langue.
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Getting back to the original problem, I would like to point out that just because an ebook is bought from the UK is not a guarantee that it has British spelling, I have bought ebooks from Amazon uk with American spelling. I would assume that it depends on the the publisher and where the book was originally first published.
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Getting back to the original problem, I would like to point out that just because an ebook is bought from the UK is not a guarantee that it has British spelling, I have bought ebooks from Amazon uk with American spelling. I would assume that it depends on the the publisher and where the book was originally first published.
Good point. However I was able to view the first chapter of an ebook from a UK store and it did have British spelling. That same book I bought from kobo with American spelling. As the book is set in England I wish I could buy the book from the the UK store, but the publishers do not allow them too sell it to me.
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Getting back to the original problem, I would like to point out that just because an ebook is bought from the UK is not a guarantee that it has British spelling, I have bought ebooks from Amazon uk with American spelling. I would assume that it depends on the the publisher and where the book was originally first published.

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Old 11-02-2011, 09:57 PM   #72
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I wonder if money would be saved if all literature used American spelling.

Less ink.
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Well, the British and Canadian readers would sure save money....
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I wonder if money would be saved if all literature used American spelling.

Less ink.
Um... I wonder if money would be saved if all literature used Canadian spelling.
Actually I would be fine if every English speaking place used the same spelling. Why it should be American I don't get. I think it would be best if we just came up with a completely new spelling.

And since when did ebooks use ink?
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...Why it should be American I don't get. ...
Cause Everything's Bigger and Better and more American in America!
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