Let's consolidate English and American

[Scottyboi]

The whole English language is a farce, having a kid really highlights at how hard it is to actually learn, things aren’t spelt as they are pronounced, the same word can be written the same but pronounced and mean different things depending on the context it’s used, it’s a frigging nighmare. There’s an Australian guy on Instagram who highlights all sorts of stuff, very funny to watch but so accurate, I’m mean why use PH instead of F!

Was at my daughters parents evening, and the teacher was explaining how the children are learning phonics. Didn't realise how much goes into it with our fucked up language.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Here he is, I know he’s Australian but he’s not wrong

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Here he is, I know he’s Australian but he’s not wrong

The best one is “ough”..
Tough “tuff”
tHough “tho’” as in go
thRough “threw”
thOrough “therror”

Put a t on the end and it’s pronounced “ort”
Put a b at the front and it’s “bow” as in now or “boff” if it’s a name.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

The yoof of today... My Bad ??? My bad what ?? breath, attitude,
What is the point, it means nothing. Other to try and sound cool, they sound like fucking idiots.

 

[citizen_maine]

I tell you fuckers what -- we'll do whatever you ask if you kidnap Donald Trump and hold him in Strangeways until he kicks the bucket. Deal?

I have no desire to hold him in ways strange, or otherwise

 

[idahoblues]

The yoof of today... My Bad ??? My bad what ?? breath, attitude,
What is the point, it means nothing. Other to try and sound cool, they sound like fucking idiots.

Totally Total

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Pago Pago in American Samoa...pronounced PanGo PanGo.

 

[Barcon]

Amma gonna get my baby momma, blud fam cuz innit.

 

[Mr Fraser]

Was at my daughters parents evening, and the teacher was explaining how the children are learning phonics. Didn't realise how much goes into it with our fucked up language.

Fonics is phucked

 

[metalblue]

I hate to break this to you but the ‘z’ was the original English and is still the preferred spelling in the Oxford dictionary.

The change to ‘s’ evolved afterwards in British English.

It’s something about words being derived from Greek, I remember learning about it in school.

Sadly it’s not that straightforward mate. “Organisation” first appeared in Middle English which was heavily influenced by French words post the Norman conquest of 1066.

Words that first appeared in British English around 1700 also then tended to be influenced by the Greek language so ‘z’ was more common, a good example is “Realize” that first appeared around the 1700s before changing to “Realise” in the 1800s. 1700-1800 both ise and ize were used interchangeably in British English.

So the rules are well… variable.

All that said the Americans are a fucking strange lot. It’s fair to say that anyone’s whose ancestors who got in a wooden boat and went 2000miles >>>> that way aren’t going to be of good breeding stock.

 

[Barcon]

I always have a hard time with realise/realize. I'm constantly changing the spelling on my laptop to the proper English version but I can never remember which is the right one of these two.
It's starting to make sense now, seeing as though half the people on here don't seem to know either.

 

[BimboBob]

Faucet is a word of English origin (well probably French) whereas tap is American.

We had running water, they had to tap into a barrel.

 

[BimboBob]

The yoof of today... My Bad ??? My bad what ?? breath, attitude,
What is the point, it means nothing. Other to try and sound cool, they sound like fucking idiots.

Fun. As in...

That was so fun.
I had the funist time.

Cunts.

 

[mexico1970]

Fun. As in...

That was so fun.
I had the funist time.

Cunts.

Innit fam?, innit?

 

[stonerblue]

Frick that..

 

[dronefromsector7G]

I always have a hard time with realise/realize. I'm constantly changing the spelling on my laptop to the proper English version but I can never remember which is the right one of these two.
It's starting to make sense now, seeing as though half the people on here don't seem to know either.

English people seem to be terrible at learning their own language. A girl on TV just said she worked in HR and doesn’t know how to pronounce H correctly ffs

 

[Blue Mist]

I think Canadian would be a good compromise. We use the English way of spelling most things but we say zucchini because, well's face it, courgette is about as french as it gets.
Plus, we don't fuck our kin folk.

Most of you lot are French and we all know the French stink of BO.

 

[RiversideBlue]

If you yanks give up your guns we could give up watching high school shooting reports on the news.

 

[Barcon]

English people seem to be terrible at learning their own language. A girl on TV just said she worked in HR and doesn’t know how to pronounce H correctly ffs

I had to change how I pronounced my last name because nobody had a clue what I was saying.

Most of you lot are French and we all know the French stink of BO.

And even we don't say courgette. What's next? petit pois instead of pea?
Oh, and, it's a fucking eggplant.

 

[idahoblues]

If you yanks give up your guns we could give up watching high school shooting reports on the news.

Yawn