SE, fix this rediculous character limit to posting on these forums!

[Waeksyn]

They'll fix it the moment that every English speaker on earth stops spelling ridiculous with an E.

I always get that wrong! At least I spell colour correctly.

[Kosmos992k]

I always get that wrong! At least I spell colour correctly.

Indeed. It's rather ironic that English is so thoroughly misspelled by the most populous nation that uses (abuses?) the English language as it's official language...One might say, in all good humour, that they should perhaps do everyone the good favour of learning to speak and spell English correctly. Assuming of course that they are going to continually claim that English is their official language. It's such a controversy, although one would hope that they would also learn to pronounce words such as controversy correctly. But alas that is unlikely, it sometimes seems as though the Americans believe that *they* invented the English language, rather than the English themselves.

[Eye_Gore]

it sometimes seems as though the Americans believe that *they* invented the English language, rather than the English themselves.

Hmm don't know many people that think this. America also has no "official" language, so American English could be considered a language in it self, depending on where you live the same phrases can mean different things also spoken and spelled different. We are all mutts just a mash up of just about everything thats out there. We rid ourselves of the Kings English back in 1776.

[Waeksyn]

Indeed. It's rather ironic that English is so thoroughly misspelled by the most populous nation that uses (abuses?) the English language as it's official language...One might say, in all good humour, that they should perhaps do everyone the good favour of learning to speak and spell English correctly. .

I see what you did there!

[Ashkendor]

Indeed. It's rather ironic that English is so thoroughly misspelled by the most populous nation that uses (abuses?) the English language as it's official language...One might say, in all good humour, that they should perhaps do everyone the good favour of learning to speak and spell English correctly. Assuming of course that they are going to continually claim that English is their official language. It's such a controversy, although one would hope that they would also learn to pronounce words such as controversy correctly. But alas that is unlikely, it sometimes seems as though the Americans believe that *they* invented the English language, rather than the English themselves.

I feel a sudden urge to dump some tea in a harbour. Too bad I live in the middle of the desert!

(Incidentally, anyone that knows even elementary school level history knows we didn't invent the English language.)

[Waeksyn]

I feel a sudden urge to dump some tea in a harbour. Too bad I live in the middle of the desert!

There is still hope!

[Kosmos992k]

I feel a sudden urge to dump some tea in a harbour. Too bad I live in the middle of the desert!

(Incidentally, anyone that knows even elementary school level history knows we didn't invent the English language.)

::rolls eyes::
Pour yourself another glass of sweet tea and chillax, everyone knows they only did that because they could get cheaper, smuggled tea from the Dutch, and weren't exactly going without tea as a result of ditching the East India Company's shipment.

Hmm don't know many people that think this. America also has no "official" language, so American English could be considered a language in it self, depending on where you live the same phrases can mean different things also spoken and spelled different. We are all mutts just a mash up of just about everything thats out there. We rid ourselves of the Kings English back in 1776.

Except that your you're still speaking a bastardized version of it today. :P

It's kind of funny though that you are attempting to fence off 'American English' as it's own thing, when it's simply one of thousands of regional dialects of the English language. Even within the borders of a single state of the Union, there are multiple accents and dialects. I'm not sure about whether the US Government has ever stated that English is the official language, however all governmental documents since 1776 have been written in English making it the de facto standard language for the USA, supported tacitly by the federal government since the US constitution was originally ratified and subsequently amended (in English).

Yes, I am being a pain in the neck, I hope you'll take this all with a pinch of salt since I am a permanent resident of the USA and have been for more than two decades of my life. I would hardly have chosen to live here if I felt any animosity towards the country.

P.S.
Whats this then? "English Language Unity Act of 2013" I believe that it was referred to committee after two readings...

...and also, more recently this - "English Language Unity Act of 2015"

[Eye_Gore]

Except that your you're still speaking a bastardized version of it today. :P

Many would disagree. With my heavy masshole accent many don't know what I'm speaking. It was purposely left out "official language" that is by the founding fathers, the wretched wretch.

[Kosmos992k]

Many would disagree. With my heavy masshole accent many don't know what I'm speaking. It was purposely left out "official language" that is by the founding fathers, the wretched wretch.

An official language was not a topic of conversation when the founding fathers founded the USA because the vast (and I mean vast) majority of the people that the constitutional convention represented were of British descent and spoke English. It simply wasn't a matter of debate - even in the former Dutch colonies that had been under English domain for more than a century at the time.

But I digress...and in response to the comments about modern English, I don't think anyone speaks Ye Olde English unless they are at a Ren Faire, on a stage or reading from the King James.... English as spoken in the UK is as blended and bastardized as any other dialect of English. The closest you'll get to the Queen's English today, other than the Queen of course, is the RP English as spoken by the BBC. And even that has decayed in recent years...