English Vs US English?

[The Pelagic Argosy]

We'll have to use the nukes to settle this.

[Ursa major]

Originally Posted by The Pelagic Argosy

We'll have to use the nukes to settle this.

But would they be nuclear or neucular weapons?

[quidscribis]

And then there are Canadians, who, quite frankly, can't make up their mind over British English or American English. We can go either way.

[Peter Graham]

you forgot native american

No I didn't...

Or perhaps they were there already, as Navajo, Sioux, Algonquin etc etc etc.

Regards,

Peter

[Wiglaf]

Originally Posted by quidscribis

And then there are Canadians, who, quite frankly, can't make up their mind over British English or American English. We can go either way.

So use your native system unless you learned it as a Canadian or as a second language, in which case spell it however you like.
The link to the last thread on the issue: British-American Editing Question?

[Lord_Rahl]

I just hate the way you take all our 'S's and replace them with 'Z's - talk about out of line! (jumped up colonials) Laugh Out Loud!

We'll have to use the nukes to settle this. ---The Pelagic Argosy (The real American way)

[Lith]

And I hate the way you put in all those "R's" that don't belong there, and take out all the "H's" that do. Not to mention the annoying London habit of confusing "L" with "R".:P

Fight! Fight! Fight!! ARRRR!!!!!

[Kissmequick]

Londoners confuse L with R?

I thought that was Japanese tourists?

I'm not sure about those R's and H's either.

We spelt it first, so there, Nyah nyah nyah.

[pyan]

Originally Posted by Kissmequick

We spelt it first,

Now, I'd have used, and said it spelled....Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat.

[mosaix]

OK, it becomes so much simpler if you just consider the two as different languages.

First write in your own language and submit in your own language. The publisher, if needs be, will translate for publication.

As a reader, if you can read a book in a foreign language, then do so. If you can't then buy a translation.

Just because the vast bulk of US English and UK English is the same doesn't mean to say that we don't 'translate' when we read such words as color / colour. We should all just consider ourselves as multi-lingual.

[Kissmequick]

Originally Posted by pyan

Now, I'd have used, and said it spelled....Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat.

*cough* spelt *cough*

[iansales]

Originally Posted by Lord_Rahl

I just hate the way you take all our 'S's and replace them with 'Z's

Er, the original British is spelling is with a "z". For some reason, we decided to replace it with an "s".

[Anthony G Williams]

I use British English, but only because I'm a Brit. I think that the US spellings usually make more sense; in fact, they could have done a lot more to tidy up the absurdities of British spelling while they were at it...

One detailed point worth noting is the use of speech marks. In the US novels these are shown with "double" marks, in Britain normaly with 'single' marks - which I find rather odd, since I was taught (in England) to use double marks, but the practice seems to have changed.

[Laerten]

I've been putting double quotation marks as that was how I was taught. Should I stick with this then or chage to single quotations?

[fire_elf20]

"I was taught when using quotations like that that you use double unless you are using quotations within 'quotations' like so then you still close your double"