Re: Language!

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:06:28 -0700, in talk.origins
spintronic <spintronic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<1187449588.925842.192320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
On 18 Aug, 14:26, Dustan <DustanGro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 17, 6:12 pm, spintronic <spintro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

Rules for languages have been written down as they evolve so
that everyone can follow them and be understood.

But what you're making are misspellings and grammatical
mistakes; they almost *never* make their way into the rulebooks.


Oh Really?


American - British


color colour
favorite favourite
honor honour
enrollment enrolment
fulfill fulfil
skillful skilful
analog analogue
catalog catalogue
dialog dialogue
bank banque
check cheque
checker chequer
defense defence
license licence
analyze analyse
criticize criticise
memorize memorise
center centre
meter metre
theater theatre
encylopedia encylycopaedia
maneuver manoeuvre
medieval mediaeval
aging ageing
argument arguement
judgment judgement
jewelry jewellery
draft draught
pajamas pyjamas
plow plough
program programme
tire tyre

Base Word - American Word - British Word.

counsel - counseling - counselling
equal - equaling - equalling
model - modeling - modelling
quarrel - quarreling - quarrelling
signal - signaling - signalling
travel - traveling - travelling
excel - excelling - excelling
propel - propelling - propelling

Base form - American Form - British Form.

To dream - dreamed - dreamt.
To leap - leaped - leapt.
To learn - leareded -learnt.
To fit - fit - fitted.
To forecast - forecast - forecasted.
To wed - wed - wedded.
To knit - knit - knitted.
To light - lit - lighted.
To strive - strove - strived.



Could that be due to grammatical errors during "Emmigration",
Do you think?

You seem unaware that spelling was not standardized in English until
well into the era of Modern English. The fact that two different
English-speaking countries standardized some words in differing ways is
hardly a surprise.

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