bill cobbett wrote:GorillaGal wrote:bill cobbett wrote:GorillaGal wrote:what does it matter how you spell it, as long as you understand the meaning? there maybe english/ english, and american english. there is also spanish from spain that is different from mexican or south american spanish.
what bother me is there are people who spell Cyprus like the tree: cypress, or the country Colombia, like the university--Columbia.
Hi GGal
(Have been looking at my semi hairy legs today and I am def. going to spare you a sight of them unless you can convince a lot of other male forum members to do post)
Yes, you're right, even within English speaking countries there are local dialects which make the overall language richer but there is one tiny aspect of US English I must take you to task about.
It's the abreviation for mathematics. We say "maths" and you say "math" ( sounds like an old song ). When said in a sentence your version doesn't sound right.
nope, sorry, it's YOUR version that doesn't sound right.
and i still wanna see your semi-hairy legs!
Look GGal - I'm practically an Englishman, don't you think I have right to keep my legs to myself and to contribute a definitive version of the English Language ?
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... bill . ..embargoed from his language by the Columbians
