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Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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Originally Posted by alex985
I don't understand why certain people have to smack their lips every time they eat something. It's almost as if they chew with their lips. Is it really that hard to chew with your mouth closed?
No, slurping is annoying.
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Originally Posted by irlinit
Any real differences or major pros to ios9? Considering whether to update or not
Edit: My ESL teacher was from Poland and taught me British spelling, but my American English teachers in middle school always marked my papers wrong if I used British spelling lol
A British ESL teacher corrected me when I pronounced Z "zee" instead of "zed" when spelling a word. I had no idea it was pronounced that way in Britain, sounded weird as Z is prounced "zed" in French too. And after all, that famous rapper is called Jay-Zee, not Jay-Zed.
Using American spelling will make your grades suffer?
Of course it will, one would think that if you are smart enough to get into Uni you would at least be able to spell...
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Originally Posted by Sickandtiredofthis
I don't live in Britain, I live in Northern Ireland. We have different spellings for some words.
For example, we would say skedule not shedule.
Anyway I don't care, I use mainly British spellings but I don't mind if people use American spellings as they are becoming more common where I live. The only things I hate would be: Zee - no it's zed or use of z in place or s.
Words like center I prefer the American spelling because it makes more sense.
So you are saying now you are not British??
Just because you may say a word differently, it doesn't mean it is spelt differently. You can say 'skedule' or 'shedule' but it is still spelt 'schedule'...
And you should care, you are about to start Uni & if you start using American English spelling they will think you cannot spell. Most of us learnt how to spell correctly by the time we left school...
Teenagers may use American English or text speak, but it doesn't make it right does it, just because vacuous illiterate twerps cannot be bothered to use correct English does not mean that you shouldn't
A British ESL teacher corrected me when I pronounced Z "zee" instead of "zed" when spelling a word. I had no idea it was pronounced that way in England, sounded weird as Z is prounced "zed" in French too. And after all, that famous rapper is called Jay-Zee, not Jay-Zed.
ESL teacher should have been informed he/she is wrong. Nearest subway line to Jay Z's childhood home is J/Z [they run together, Z is an extra rush hour service)
Of course it will, one would think that if you are smart enough to get into Uni you would at least be able to spell...
Spelling doesn't enough affect your grade that much, unless a paper is filled with errors. Whether you like or not, American English spellings are an accepted spelling convention as is British spelling. Hopefully graders in a university setting are learned enough to be aware of both spelling conventions.
Though years ago when I was a teenager and in the UK, I tried to convince a British child she was making spelling mistakes as her Microsoft Word was set to US English by default.
ESL teacher should have been informed he/she is wrong. Nearest subway line to Jay Z's childhood home is J/Z [they run together, Z is an extra rush hour service)
Ah didn't know that, I sometimes wondered where that nick came from. He could have used Bee S as the initials of his home neighborhood. It would also have fit with some of the stuff he comes up with.
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