British English vs American English - Kirby 5-Star

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

British English vs American English

johnny139 · Mar 17, 2009

I mix and match. Like, I'll write "theatre" instead of "theater," but "color" instead of "colour." I'm also a big fan of British slang... I mean, come on, there is no better insult than "wanker."

In speech, though, I have a slight Scottish accent, which is odd, because my family has long roots in the USA.

CRAZ1ah · Nano-Nano nano da!

I vote for them Brittish! As for games I vote for the US!

toadster101 · The one and only Uncle Toadstie.

Where's the Canadian option at, eh?

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

Aye? I like some British spellings, like grey, but oftentimes the US versions seem more natural... Because I'm american.

P.S. If "Faerie" is British and not just archaic, British wins hands down.

CRAZ1ah · Nano-Nano nano da!

May the Queen never die!

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

I thought American/Canadian English were identical? The only difference is in accent.
Me votes the British

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

Very very similar, but not identical per se. There's the whole Canadian... Uh, how do you write it? Well, "Eh" as Toadster puts it, I think it'd be more like "aye". He's the Canadian one though.

I can't think of any other differences.

toadster101 · The one and only Uncle Toadstie.

The we I pronoonced it is aboot the moost proper, eh.

CRAZ1ah · Nano-Nano nano da!

wat?

Pikachukirby · King of Games

i choose american english cuz it doesn't sound gay

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

British is gay?

toadster101 · The one and only Uncle Toadstie.

Apparently.

CRAZ1ah · Nano-Nano nano da!

From what you heard from him!

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

I propose we speak the Queen's English. It is deemed the most proper.

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

What we really need is the old meaning of the word awesome...

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

I'd like to know when that word was invented.

toadster101 · The one and only Uncle Toadstie.

25 BC

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

–adjective
1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight.
2. showing or characterized by awe.
3. Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome.
Origin:
1590–1600; awe + -some

Lol, I even got the year which it was invented. Definitely not 25 BC :P

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

We need to ditch defenition 3 and promote defenition 1. Otherwise when an astronaut says outer space is awesome everyone will think he's talking about the new white convertible.

toadster101 · The one and only Uncle Toadstie.

Nah.

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

DestinyGuy wrote:

We need to ditch defenition 3 and promote defenition 1. Otherwise when an astronaut says outer space is awesome everyone will think he's talking about the new white convertible.

Conversely, if a person says a new white convertible is awesome, everyone will think he's talking about outer space :P

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

The old meaning of awesome is basically a fancy "amazing". The new one is a fancy "cool".

I see very little downside in what you've suggested. Give us the old meaning!

pikaby · Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

awe + some implying some things are meant to make you stare in awe.

Destiny Guy · I think I have a girl in my avatar about 95% of the time.

Exactly. The current "awesome" just means the same thing as "cool"... It's not right!