Australian Spelling

I won't say a word....

while you are hear, any chance of getting enough offically recalsified as enuf?

enuph already..........hehe

Aw just put another shrimp on the barbee

*sigh*

Languages change over the years, the centuries, and there always has been language reforms. I have nothing against adapting the written language to reflect better the oral language. But some purists like to be amongst the few who can perfectly master the written language. Although I must admit the English language is not so hard to write compared to a language such as French for example. There was a project to reform the written French language a few years back but the 95 years old dinosaures at the Academie de la Langue Française (some stupid organisation that is responsible for managing our language - like adding new words, etc.) opposed to it. The reform would have elminated a lot of confusion like the double consonents (one P or two Ps? One T or two Ts?) and a lot of other stupid spellings.
Anyway, there were other reforms before, and when the written language is so different from the spoken language that it almost seems like a second language, I think it's time for some changes.

My opinion.

Actually, the English language is quite difficult to write: so much so, that it's rarely done correctly. (Trust me, I make my living as an editor, and I have no fear of losing my job.) One of the problems is the mixture of English and American usage (not to mention Australia and other English-speaking countries).

Spelling and pronunciation do change over time and vary by country (color vs. colour, gray vs. grey, ee-ther vs. eye-ther, etc.), but rarely does the spoken language match the written language. Unless you're me, but I tend to annoy people when I correct their grammar

I never correct people's grammar or spelling.....

/me collapses on floor laughing hysterically.

*several minutes later*
to be fair, i dont recall Jafo ever commenting on grammar, although i do have this vague memory of one or two threads where most of my posts were followed by the imfoumous and much loved jafo icon
/me *starts giggleing again*

paxx - Anyway, there were other reforms before, and when the written language is so different from the spoken language that it almost seems like a second language, I think it's time for some changes.

/me agree's
how about a new spelling for beutiful
that would be the word begining with b meaning very attractive. for some reason this is one of those words that i just *cannot* spell correctly, and normally MS Word just says "no suggestions", so i have to work around it.

hmmmm.... I have had trouble all my life with the English language, not just the spelling but also pronouncing it have made many people have a good laugh for the day. BUT I recently learned about the "Aussie" lingo..... oh my! I used the word "fanny" ( boy you sure busted your fanny girl) and I was given a link to the meaning of "fanny" in Aussie lingo, I must say I tripped on my lip and muttered a few things and then read my sentence with their meaning, I split a gut.... uh oh does "gut" have a different meaning too? he hee Aussie lingo is harder than the English language to this old gal

its not just aussie language.
the same small bag that straps on round the waist is called a 'fanny bag' in the US (i am assured) and a 'bum bag' in the UK.

this struck me as quite amusing when i was first told, given the meaning in the UK

/me *shrug*

computers dont help, since i am not the only programmer at work with strange spelling habits, the code to 'centre' something has some strange spellings (at least 3 that i know of), now imortalised in libraries that are many years old. spelling by consensus really

I totally agree with you paxx

Yes...the Americans might like to take note that a 'fanny' in countries other than the U S of A does not exactly have a lot to do with a person's posterior, but, in fact is that portion of a woman's anatomy that is more commonly associated [strangely enough] with a felis domesticus.
Apt that feline brought this up...


And it's 'beautiful', feline.....

Americans are funny. They call a tramp a bum, a bum a fanny, and a fanny a pu-seh.

AJ