Who Are the 24% and Why?

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Snort

That means agreeing with virtually everything he does.

Actually, no. It doesn't.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

So let me get this right. Because Americans use -ize, -er endings, and cut out the a in words like encyclopedia, tyre to tire, and cut the u out of words like colour,etc. among others, that they are not as articulate of you? Sounds like you are just another brown-nosed elitist liberal intellectual.




I hate that too, especially with the trendy shops in Manhattan and the like using British spelling to look cosmopolitan, and not dirty stinky redneck American. Gotta love liberals and their shame of being American

It is not my fault that many Americans fail to grasp basic educational training in the use of proper English. But I am hardly surprised because we were unable to grasp the Metric system too which is relatively easy to learn and use. And I was raised in a working class neighbourhood and educated in a public school. I just cannot figure it out. And I am hardly an intellectual although I am liberal. I work outside in the heat and humidity just like your average redneck does. And, BTW, it is not "shops" but "shoppes"

[KevK]

Originally Posted by whatyousay

Hmm, newsflash for you.... we live in America, and we don't spell using King's English. Why would schools in the US teach British grammar as opposed to American English (AmE) grammar? Makes no sense.

Good schools in the US teach proper English which is the King's English as taken from the Oxford Dictionary which is the definitive record of the English language and which was standard issue in my grammar school (although less inclined students could elect to use Webster's). Either way was correct but the usage of the Oxford book was considered a higher level of proficiency in the learning and use of English.

[SouthBound47]

Originally Posted by KevK

Good schools in the US teach proper English which is the King's English as taken from the Oxford Dictionary which is the definitive record of the English language and which was standard issue in my grammar school (although less inclined students could elect to use Webster's). Either way was correct but the usage of the Oxford book was considered a higher level of proficiency in the learning and use of English.

Is this a joke? Learning spellings not used in America was a positive in your school?

And you mentioned shoppe earlier... No one even used that where I was from except if it was the name of a store.

I'm kind of dumfounded by how wacky you are. First, your vocabulary is clearly lacking as demonstrated by the fact that you've used incorrect words several times. Second, I somehow learned the English English spellings, and got used to American English within 3 months, something which you are unable to do, despite this being the American standard. Third, knowing English English spellings doesn't not make you more educated, neither does throwing out the few foreign expressions most people know. I speak English, French, Spanish, Polish, and Ukrainian, and I don't spout the nonsense that you do, despite the fact that I clearly could, and it would leave you dazed because you would realize that you aren't the smartest person on the Internet,

[sponger42]

Originally Posted by Snort

I don't think I'd "strongly approve" of any president. That means agreeing with virtually everything he does, least of all with this current mess of an administration.

Me; I strongly approve. Obama has made strong pushes to enact or reform most of those things which were the main planks of his campaign. By some miracle, he's succeeded in a great many more than I would've expected. He's proven to be a man of his word, despite his actions being predictably unpopular.

He's hamstrung his party, sure, but I don't give two s#!ts about Democrats or Republicans. All I care about is the USA and her people.

Obama is governing like he doesn't care if he wins a 2nd term. I strongly approve of that, especially in rough economic times when nothing he does is going to make people happy. He reminds me of Bush 1, a president of whom I also strongly approved.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by SouthBound47

Is this a joke? Learning spellings not used in America was a positive in your school?

And you mentioned shoppe earlier... No one even used that where I was from except if it was the name of a store.

I'm kind of dumfounded by how wacky you are. First, your vocabulary is clearly lacking as demonstrated by the fact that you've used incorrect words several times. Second, I somehow learned the English English spellings, and got used to American English within 3 months, something which you are unable to do, despite this being the American standard. Third, knowing English English spellings doesn't not make you more educated, neither does throwing out the few foreign expressions most people know. I speak English, French, Spanish, Polish, and Ukrainian, and I don't spout the nonsense that you do, despite the fact that I clearly could, and it would leave you dazed because you would realize that you aren't the smartest person on the Internet,

My vocabulary is vast and deep. I did quite well on the SAT. But on the internet one must remember the audience for whom one writes. And you are right in that I am not the most intelligent human being on the internet but I am in the top 10.