What is the language "British"?
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon Aug 28 15:01:22 UTC 2006
David Fletcher wrote:
> On Monday 28 August 2006 15:02, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> They are not the same in the context of language. "English" is a
>> language while (whilst) "British-English" is regional. In
>> "British-English" defense is written "defence".
>
> I think you've got it the wrong way around. "Defence" is the correct spelling.
Both are correct.
> In the American regional variation "defence" is written "defense". It's not
> the standard way of spelling the word, but it is a fact that many things we
> do don't conform to the recognised standard. For instance millions around the
> world use the $soft .doc format to store office documents. We all know that
> Open Document Format is the ISO standard but people still choose not to
> conform.
There is no such thing as "correct" and "incorrect" when it comes to
comparing "British English" with "American English. Colour=Color. One
is the correct spelling in "British English" the other is the correct
spelling in "American English".
Why is it that one side has to be "correct/right" and the other side
"incorrect/wrong". I don't get it.
Some folks refer to the box structure that goes up and down on cables
within a building as an "elevator". Others call it a "lift". Both are
correct.
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High School Coach: "That there is Forrest Gump, coach -
Just the local idiot"
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