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Personally, I prefer to read what the author originally wrote, but English is not my mother language... |
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I have been reading the Sherlock Holmes stuff that HarryT put up.
Many times I see the following: yo for you and al for all Are those just older spellings of those, or are they mistakes in the ebook? BOb |
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- Americans "write" someone. Brits "write to" someone. - Americans go to "the hospital". Brits go to "hospital" with no article. - Americans "visit with" someone; Brits merely "visit". - Americans (absolutely correctly) use the past participle of get, "gotten", which has totally fallen out of use in British English. - Americans generally regard a company as singular ("Sony is..."), Brits as plural ("Sony are...") Changing the spellings doesn't affect any of these - or virtually limitless numbers of other - differences between the two versions of the language. |
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What the author wrote is nearly always different from what was published due to editing. |
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When I proof-read books against a specific edition, I generally say in my comments what that edition is. When I've been proof-reading Dickens (my favourite author) using "Google Books" scans, I've been surprised to see just how very different the different editions are in terms of punctuation, spelling, and even, on occasions, the actual text itself. |
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PieOPah, along the lines Harry stated do you plan to change; apartment to flat, elevator to lift, truck to lorry, trunk to boot, hood to bonnet, bathroom to WC, a "dead" battery to a "flat" battery, just to name a few? And will you change the dialect in a dialog, e.g. some westerns would use "shootin' " instead of shooting when part of a western person's speech? To me it's like trying to make over an apple into an orange just because I'm more accustomed to the flavor of an orange. Also I enjoy seeing the differences between our "same" language. It makes me wonder about how they managed to evolve as they did. |
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Geez, I wish I had never asked such a straight forward question.
I merely wish to change a few spellings. I have no desire to change the grammar. I have no wish to change dialect. A few words just annoy me and I wanted to know if I could optimise a macro. I f I knew that it would annoy so many people, I wouldn't have bothered asking! Why would I want to change apartment to flat or hood to bonnet? Unless they are misspelled then I have no desire to change them! Why is this such an issue for people? If it offends you all so much how I want to enjoy my books, then please don't read the thread! For those of you that attempted to help me, your help is appreciated. For those that came here to flame, I have no interest in your comments! |
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Nobody's "flaming" anyone - just interested to know your motivation for wanting to do this
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When I run a spell check on the books, I always use the UK dictionary. As a result, American spellings are always caught. I have no desire to start using an American dictionary and since for some reason, 'replace all' in the spell check never does replace all occurrences.
To speed up my spell check, I thought it would be simpler to first run a macro to change all of the American spellings. This would then allow me to correct genuine spelling errors and save me a lot of time preparing my books. The alternative solution was to add the American spellings to my dictionary, but I would prefer to read the UK spelling. This is a PERSONAL PREFERENCE. Spelling also depends on where a book was published. I have 2 versions of my favourite book - one published in America, one published in the UK (having lost my original, my wife found a copy but could only get it in the US - a few yers later I found the original copy). In this, spellings differ based on the country rather than the (BRITISH) author's original language! |
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As you say, though, it's all a matter of personal preference. |
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