Christie_M Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 and cheque? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Christie_M' date='10 November 2009 - 10:06 PM' timestamp='1257912401' post='2000189'] and cheque? [/quote] That's one of my personal favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='10 November 2009 - 12:30 PM' timestamp='1257874207' post='1999548'] Colour is spelled properly in Canada. [/quote] Silly Canadians. My Gross Anatomy prof last year (my first year of med school) was from Nova Scotia...always interessting pronounciations. It's the little things that make me chuckle...at Canadians. I must really sound like a giant hick next to your Queen's English... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 "You just gotta tear that straight oota the body. The organ you're looking for is somewheres in there. Here, take the probe and shove it in and when you hear the crunch, that's aboot how far you need to go." (All mispellings intentional) Good Ol Dale Saxon. Want to hear a suprise? He was a HOCKEY FAN. No joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Zee color check honor Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it, making it more efficient and user-friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='11 November 2009 - 11:48 AM' timestamp='1257961685' post='2000708'] Zee color check honor Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it, making it more efficient and user-friendly. [/quote] Nuh uh. You dumbed it down. Typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='11 November 2009 - 12:48 PM' timestamp='1257961685' post='2000708'] Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it [/quote]Tell that to the makers of The Wicker Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='11 November 2009 - 01:23 PM' timestamp='1257963788' post='2000730'] Nuh uh. You dumbed it down. Typical. [/quote] No, we honor the Latin spelling tradition instead of the Gallican spelling tradition. You know, the noble pagans who converted to Christianity, rather than the sans "honour" Frenchies who put a French cabaret dancer on the altar of Notre Dame cathedral and worshipped her as the goddess of reason (because that just sounds SO reasonable)...only after releasing the inventor of Sadism from the Bastille, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightsadness Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Zee. But out here in the pacific northwest I have noticed some zeds. I think they are Canadians. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='Raphael' date='12 November 2009 - 09:38 AM' timestamp='1258040281' post='2001287'] No, we honor the Latin spelling tradition instead of the Gallican spelling tradition. You know, the noble pagans who converted to Christianity, rather than the sans "honour" Frenchies who put a French cabaret dancer on the altar of Notre Dame cathedral and worshipped her as the goddess of reason (because that just sounds SO reasonable)...only after releasing the inventor of Sadism from the Bastille, of course... [/quote] All right, you win this one, but our spellings are still better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varg Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='Raphael' date='12 November 2009 - 10:38 AM' timestamp='1258040281' post='2001287'] No, we honor the Latin spelling tradition [/quote]No you don't, you honour the Latin spelling tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I go to the Latin Mass, and I can not see anything that is close our spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 [quote name='elizabeth09' date='13 November 2009 - 09:20 AM' timestamp='1258122015' post='2002092'] I go to the Latin Mass, and I can not see anything that is close our spelling. [/quote] I speak Latin and can guarantee you that English words very closely resemble Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 [quote name='Raphael' date='13 November 2009 - 01:57 PM' timestamp='1258142249' post='2002283'] I speak Latin and can guarantee you that English words very closely resemble Latin. [/quote] On a related note, I think etymology is fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Zed does not rhyme with any other letters and therefore messes up the alphabet song. Zee goes with B, C, D, E, G, P, T and V. [quote name='Jesus_lol' date='10 November 2009 - 08:40 PM' timestamp='1257903607' post='2000020'] along with "favourite" and "ketchup" [/quote] How else do you spell ketchup? [quote name='Varg' date='11 November 2009 - 01:50 PM' timestamp='1257965405' post='2000745'] Tell that to the makers of The Wicker Man [/quote] Hated, hated, hated that movie. (Loved the company though, Terra... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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