superfluous u.

[katster]

eek. where are all these superfluous u's coming from?

behaviour, honour, armour, neighbour, and humour are all starting to look right. This is scary because I'm an American. In America. Still eying 'colour' warily, though...

the day I start writing check with a q, though, will somebody put me out of my misery? :)

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[thelovebug.livejournal.com]

Oooh, isn't that British-ist? ;o)

[katster.livejournal.com]

Yeah. 'tis also Canadian, which is where I picked it up from. Darn Canucks.

It's just funny, because adding the u in is starting to become my default spelling. Which means that no spell checker will ever work for me again. :)

-kat

[thelovebug.livejournal.com]

LOL

Well, if you start using -ise instead of -ize, then you can make things easier for yourself by just changing to the Canadian or UK dictionary in the spellchecker :-)

[katster.livejournal.com]

That one I've done with random words for forever. Some words look best with the s instead of the z. But it's hit and miss. And I think the Canucks follow US spelling on the -ize versus -ise.

So yeah. I'll prolly see what I can do about coming up with a Canadian dictionary. Of course, knowing my luck...

-kat

haw haw!

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. Canadian language is such a virus. You don't mind and you know it. ;)

Could always switch to metric spellcheckers... :)

Re: haw haw!

[katster.livejournal.com]

Well, okay, point. I don't.

But that's because it's your fault that I spell with the superfluous u's, y'know.

And it's still zee, not zed, zee. Zed sounds like the bad guy on the Power Rangers.

As for metric spellcheckers. Mmmm...possibility.

-kat

Re: haw haw!

[tropism.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the first thing I thought when I read this was "It's all Zib''s damned fault." Well, probably Zib and Tolkein, since you're reading him.

Now, I flip-flop back and forth between English and American spellings of words; that's the fault of Tolkein and Adams early in my life, and prolly Gaiman and Pratchett now, too. I recall arguing over an answer on a spelling quiz in 2nd grade ... I spelled the word 'colour', and damned if I was gonna be marked wrong, since I read a couple of books where it was spelt that way.

...There is one thing I almost always spell in the english way: grey.

Also, I tend to use the 't' and 'at' suffixes to indicate the past tense in ccertain situations: spelt, dreamt, shat, spat.

Lastly, those who pronounce the last letter in the alphabet as 'zed' have something wrong with them.

[fearghaill.livejournal.com]

the day I start writing check with a q, though, will somebody put me out of my misery? :)

is that check as in the thing you write to give away yore money? because if yore spell-chequer starts getting confused even if you change the dictionary, than you should probably cheque too make shore you aren't confusing yore homonyms. Their quite easy to mix up, so you'll have to except such errors weather you like it oar knot.

to say that this is a side affect of two much thyme around canadians wood be unfare too say the leased.

Okay, I have to do it....

[kuangning]

*KICK!!* ... smartass. ;P (Love you lots, Dougie.)

Re: Okay, I have to do it....

[katster.livejournal.com]

Good, he deserves it. ;)

-kat

[usekh.livejournal.com]

I would say you are becomming civilised :) but I am a touch biased

[katster.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...

I must go back to my barbaric American spelling ways now! *grin*

-kat

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[usekh.livejournal.com]

Lets not get me started on pronouciation :)