American or English??

[clairebear]

Colour = British.

Grey = how I always spell it XD

I dont like it when people spell it 'gray' lol.

[Jaydelart]

I still haven't fully adapted to American-English. I'd just recently realized that I spell 'favourite' instead of 'favorite'.

I'm not sure who spells it 'Gray'...
I prefer 'Grey' too, though.

[clairebear]

Well 'gray' is the American spelling so I pretty much thought all Americans spelled it that way xDD

American English = A whole different language for me.


We say "fringe" but Americans say "bangs" >_<

We say "trousers" but Americans say "pants"...we use pants to refer to underwear o.O

And an American asked me the other day why I spell "mom" as "mum" >_>

[Yuna7780]

Originally Posted by clairebear

Colour = British.

Thank you. I feel stupid because half the time I spell it the British way.

Gray... I think my teacher told me a few years ago that "gray" is the most "proper" way to spell it. I'm not sure if that's true, but in more British writings I see "gray".

[Slykaz1]

Originally Posted by Nikko

As everyone knows England and America have different spellings(e.g mum and mom) and pronounciations of words(e.g leisure) and different words for different things (e.g jam and jelly)...so people learning english,what do they learn? English English or American English? or does it depend on which country your nearest to??
Never thought about it before...

Just so you know.....jam and jelly may be the same product. but they are of two different textures.

[Jaydelart]

Originally Posted by clairebear

Well 'gray' is the American spelling so I pretty much thought all Americans spelled it that way xDD

American English = A whole different language for me.


We say "fringe" but Americans say "bangs" >_<

We say "trousers" but Americans say "pants"...we use pants to refer to underwear o.O

And an American asked me the other day why I spell "mom" as "mum" >_>

Lol, when I first came here I told somebody to "make sure you put your jumper on"...
And he was like, "... what's a jumper?"

As it turns out, they call it a 'sweater' here in America.

[Slykaz1]

Originally Posted by Jaydelart

Lol, when I first came here I told somebody to "make sure you put your jumper on"...
And he was like, "... what's a jumper?"

As it turns out, they call it a 'sweater' here in America.

a jumper is a sweater? hmmm...I thought a jumper was a one piece pant suit.....you know the kind that connects in the mid-section and you have to zip it up in the back.....damn those outfits were popular back in the 80's.

[Suki]

I thought a jumper was someone who jumped for a living?

I didn't even know there were two different ways of spelling gray. I have always spelt it with A. You know, the sound of the vowel A? and the sound in grAY? >.< I thought grey was just a common spelling mistake x)

[Payne222]

Originally Posted by Suki

I thought a jumper was someone who jumped for a living?

I didn't even know there were two different ways of spelling gray. I have always spelt it with A. You know, the sound of the vowel A? and the sound in grAY? >.< I thought grey was just a common spelling mistake x)

Nah, English is just so cool. You spell things how you want.
But I hate British spellings of words.
Adding letters that don't belong...
XDD

[Slykaz1]

Originally Posted by Nikko

As everyone knows England and America have different spellings(e.g mum and mom) and pronounciations of words(e.g leisure) and different words for different things (e.g jam and jelly)...so people learning english,what do they learn? English English or American English? or does it depend on which country your nearest to??
Never thought about it before...

If you really want to learn english.
Learn English english.
My reason.......
American english is a lazy form of English.
It's sort of like a "slang" form English to us.
Americans proper way of speaking the language died out many years ago.
English english is a much more proper language to speak than American.

So, I deeply recommend that you learn English english.