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  • #76
    Originally posted by gribbler View Post
    So your objection is that a Swede isn't typing in American English?
    Objection? No.

    I'm trying to educate him. American English > British English, so I'm helping him.

    If I was posting in a Spanish forum and I said something a little odd or nonidiomatic, I'd appreciate someone to point it out so I could use the language better.
    "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
    "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
      Learn how to post links correctly... also, explain why a Swedish person must type in American English instead of, say, English English...

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      • #78
        I'm lost as to how that link got screwed up. Really weird how the URL tag wound up inside the paranthesis.

        And of course gribbler the Flawless thinks it important to note a small accidental mistake to ignore his COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE IN KNOWING ENGLISH.

        And American English has more global significance today so that's why.
        "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
        "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
          American English is not the dominant form of English.

          And American English has more global significance today so that's why.
          Completely and utterly false.

          How many people live in Commonwealth countries vs the USA?
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #80
            For example, "color" has 302M hits on google. "colour" has 420M.
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Asher View Post
              American English is not the dominant form of English.


              Sure, whatever you say, Canadian.
              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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              • #82
                I frequently use "You've no idea what you are doing".

                Alby, you've no idea how to speak proper English.
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                • #83
                  Al, you haven't even established that it's a convention in American English. For all I know the person who wrote that Wikipedia article could have been from the Philadelphia ghetto. They didn't cite anything.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post


                    Sure, whatever you say, Canadian.
                    You're remarkably ignorant...

                    It's dominant to someone who has never left Philly, perhaps. Worldwide, it's not even a majority.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Asher View Post
                      For example, "color" has 302M hits on google. "colour" has 420M.
                      Lie.

                      I just googled it.

                      Color: 2,460,000,000 hits
                      Colour: 464,000,000
                      "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                      "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                      • #86
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                        Last edited by ZEE; May 31, 2011, 00:30.
                        The Wizard of AAHZ

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Asher View Post
                          For example, "color" has 302M hits on google. "colour" has 420M.
                          I got 2.4 billion hits for color and 464 million hits for colour. Weird.

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                          • #88
                            Truck: 540M hits
                            Lorry: 13.9M hits

                            Not even close.
                            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by gribbler View Post
                              I got 2.4 billion hits for color and 464 million hits for colour. Weird.
                              Asher's a ****ing liar. What else is new?
                              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
                                Lie.

                                I just googled it.

                                Color: 2,460,000,000 hits
                                Colour: 464,000,000
                                ?

                                No.

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                                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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