Canadians and English

***Zardon*** · Jul 20, 2003, 01:58 PM

Well I learned something new today, from Mac daddy on messenger, I was chatting away to him and I suddenly realised that Canadians dont spell

colour -----> color
rumour ----> rumor

etc etc, and they dont use z's instead of s's

Not maybe that interesting to many of you who already know this, and ive been to the states and stayed there for quite a while and for some reason I always thought that canada and USA had the same spelling.

so there you go !

Dom · Jul 20, 2003, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
Well I learned something new today, from Mac daddy on messenger, I was chatting away to him and I suddenly realised that Canadians dont spell

colour -----> color
rumour ----> rumor

etc etc, and they dont use z's instead of s's

Not maybe that interesting to many of you who already know this, and ive been to the states and stayed there for quite a while and for some reason I always thought that canada and USA had the same spelling.

so there you go !

I think I deserve some credit too...I am your American connection.

toddsmack2k · Jul 20, 2003, 02:01 PM

~~Mac Daddy~~ · Jul 20, 2003, 02:03 PM

And I have never heard of a band called "Zed" Zed" Top

Dom · Jul 20, 2003, 02:15 PM

Center and centre.

Midnight Blue · Jul 20, 2003, 02:19 PM

I think the UK english is better, after all didnt it come from "england"?

Jeff · Jul 20, 2003, 02:28 PM

Yes, I am however forced into spelling colour as color, when working on the web. Let's also not forget favourite.

LeanWolf · Jul 20, 2003, 02:39 PM

yeah most of the europeans i've met were pretty surprised when they figured this out.

eyeguy616 · Jul 20, 2003, 02:43 PM

Sorry my Canadian friends, I couldn't resist!

Differences in English in America, UK, Canada, Australia are mainly do to misusages, mispellings, and overall screwing of the language hundreds of years ago. Why couldn't English use phonetic spellings instead of rules with tons of broken usages? That's what makes it so hard to learn for foreigners. And on top of that the slightly different spellings/pronunciations between English speaking countries (and States

)!

Oh, English is actually Germanic in origin.
~eyeguy616

***Zardon*** · Jul 20, 2003, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by luleandy
yeah most of the europeans i've met were pretty surprised when they figured this out.

well the funny thing is I always thought for some reason the Canadians would be the same as the americans....... ive lived in the states for a while and never thought much about it, but im seeing the two countries are vastly different on many levels.

Dom · Jul 20, 2003, 02:54 PM

Eng·lish (ing`glish) adjective

1.Of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its people or culture.
2.Of or relating to the English language.

noun
Abbr. E, E., Eng.

1.The people of England.
2.a. The West Germanic language of England, the United States, and other countries that are or have been under English influence or control. b. The English language of a particular time, region, person, or group of persons: American English.
3.A translation into or an equivalent in the English language.
4.A course or individual class in the study of English language, literature, or composition.
5.Often english Sports & Games. The spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

verb, transitive
Eng·lished, Eng·lish·ing, Eng·lish·es

1.To translate into English.
2.To adapt into English; Anglicize.

[Middle English, from Old English Englisc, from Engle, the Angles.]

— Eng`lish·ness noun

***Zardon*** · Jul 20, 2003, 03:21 PM

damn, nice post dom

~~Mac Daddy~~ · Jul 20, 2003, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
well the funny thing is I always thought for some reason the Canadians would be the same as the americans....... ive lived in the states for a while and never thought much about it, but im seeing the two countries are vastly different on many levels.

But keep in mind Zar ..
Canada remained an English colony years after the American Civil War.

In fact in some respects we still are.
The Queen of England and the Royal family are still part of our culture.
We became an independent nation without resorting to war.

Our ties with the UK will always remain strong.
As with our American friends.

Our country is unique. As I see it anyway

brc64 · Jul 20, 2003, 03:43 PM

I don't speak English, I speak American.

I probably know more Canadian people from the Internet than I do Europeans, so I've been used to the whole spelling differences thing for a long time. The ou/o thing doesn't bother me, but for some reason the s/z thing gets to me. Dunno why.

- Me

~~Mac Daddy~~ · Jul 20, 2003, 04:16 PM

Z pronounced "Zed"
Z pronounced "Zee"

In a sentence or two:

I drove my Camaro Z28 to the ZZTop concert.
We only saw one Zebra on the way
The only thing we could get on the radio was Zappa.
Thanks to Zardon for starting this thread.
I think this thread is becoming a little Zen ...

brc64 ... as an American how may "Zeds" did you say ???