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AMERICAN ENGLISH vs BRITISH ENGLISH:

I am not unaware of the history of the English language, but I do
strongly feel that the modern American dialect of the English language
is the most efficient. Of course, it took root in England...as did the
Spanish language in the Castilian section of Spain. But not unlike
Spanish, the modern progression English language is not in England,
but in the United States of America.

American English sets the world standard for the modern English
language. The spelling system that evolved in America is more
attractive to new learners of the language, as well as more efficient
and consistent.

To the Brits, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, Irishmen, and
persons of other second-rate countries that use the old spelling and
pronunciation system AKA "British English"....join the 21st century
and start to spell and pronounce English like we do here in the GREAT
OLD USA! AMERICAN POWER!

I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are spreading.

"Proud USA Babe" <> wrote in message
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> AMERICAN ENGLISH vs BRITISH ENGLISH:
>
> I am not unaware of the history of the English language, but I do
> strongly feel that the modern American dialect of the English language
> is the most efficient. Of course, it took root in England...as did the
> Spanish language in the Castilian section of Spain. But not unlike
> Spanish, the modern progression English language is not in England,
> but in the United States of America.
>
> American English sets the world standard for the modern English
> language. The spelling system that evolved in America is more
> attractive to new learners of the language, as well as more efficient
> and consistent.
>
> To the Brits, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, Irishmen, and
> persons of other second-rate countries that use the old spelling and
> pronunciation system AKA "British English"....join the 21st century
> and start to spell and pronounce English like we do here in the GREAT
> OLD USA! AMERICAN POWER!

Jimmy wrote:

> I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are spreading.


Named after Thomas Crap..English inventer of the first flushable toilet
words...




mike

In article <b6vbb.42$>, mike II
<> writes
>Jimmy wrote:
>
>> I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are
>spreading.
>
>
>Named after Thomas Crap..English inventer of the first flushable toilet
>words...
>
A nice, if unfortunate and persistent, urban myth. Thomas Crapper's
company was simply the most famous to emerge when water closets became
popular in the 19th century. But your heart's in the right place, and
this troller is patently talking complete and utter.

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Jimmy <> wrote in message
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> I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are
spreading.

Wouldn't that be, "crape"?

No, really?

Gosh, I'd never have guessed that it was a troll.

/sigh/

Actually, we get statements like that in alt.usage.english all the time, but
spoken with complete sincerity, so you should think yourselves lucky -- we
don't just get trolls, we get idiots, too.

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mike II wrote:
> Jimmy wrote:
>
>> I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are
>> spreading.
>
>
> Named after Thomas Crap..English inventer of the first flushable
> toilet words...

Thomas Crapper. Check your facts, or you'll be talking crap.

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Dave Swindell wrote:
> In article <b6vbb.42$>, mike II
> <> writes
>> Jimmy wrote:
>>
>>> I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are
>>> spreading.
>>
>>
>> Named after Thomas Crap..English inventer of the first flushable
>> toilet words...
>>
> A nice, if unfortunate and persistent, urban myth. Thomas Crapper's
> company was simply the most famous to emerge when water closets became
> popular in the 19th century.

Yes, because he happened to design and build the first one.

Go figure.

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"William Graham" <> wrote in message
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>
> Jimmy <> wrote in message
> news:m_ubb.18273$...
> > I am an American, can you spell CRAP? This is exactly what you are
> spreading.
>
> Wouldn't that be, "crape"?
>

I thought crapes were a sort of pancake eaten by our European friends.

Most people I meet who speak English as a second lanuage speak it with an
Amercain accent.

Word has it that on Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:46:35 +0200, in this august
forum, "Mark Wallace" <> said:

>No, really?
>
>Gosh, I'd never have guessed that it was a troll.
>
>/sigh/
>
>Actually, we get statements like that in alt.usage.english all the time, but
>spoken with complete sincerity, so you should think yourselves lucky -- we
>don't just get trolls, we get idiots, too.

If it makes you feel any better, we get plenty of idiots here as well as
the trolls. That said, there are days when it's quite hard to tell the
difference. (Knowing how to read headers helps a lot, though.)

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