To all you Englishmen out there... (in Off-topic)

Just thought you'd be outraged to know that I got points off of my essay for spelling "behaviour" instead of "behavior." That just isn't fair :-( She even made a note saying "We aren't in the UK"

If you live in America, your teacher is 100% correct.

My wife is one and makes sure her students spell words in American, not the Queen's English.

Bah, you Americans! You just have to have everything your way, even your English!

Everyone should just switch to Canadian English. It has the best of both British English and American English! A happy compromise between the two.

My wife is one and makes sure her students spell words in American, not the Queen's English. I hope some of her students hand in essays in SMS or ebonics :)

Touche Kultur, touche

Hehe. Totally.
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And if they do Yukk, she will certainly fail them.

I just wish I could be in an American exam and see the look on the invidulators face when I ask for a rubber to 'erase' my diagram.

Lol

Careful, Zog... You say "rubber" in America and you might run up against another wonderful USA-characteristic -- the religious right, banishing you for mentioning a birth control device! :O

Whereas in most chemists/pharmacies/supermarkets over here, if you asked for a rubber they would either point you to the stationary aisle or to the nearest Staples, now that would confuse you ;P

Staples. Ouch.

It's one way of stopping reproduction I suppose >.<

Gee how hard do you have to hit the stapler to get good penetration and fold over?

Ouch! >.<

Rubber bands work just as well. ;)

Zog, I'd love to walk into an American store and ask for a "rubber".

:)

/me is from Australia.

Sying that thogh wrds do tend to lok funny whn yu tke out vwels here and thre.

Maybe the title of this post should be retitled "To all you British People out there"? It's not just Englishmen who live in the UK...there's a fair few English women, Welsh and Scottish men and women too. And then there's all the other people that live here........lol....all creeds, races and COLOURS (note the spelling...!!)

I'm just shocked to read such a title on our forum boards on St Andrews day !!

:p

Lol, I was waiting for you to say that!

So where do the Cockney fit in that mix??

right next to the leftover canned corn like always slash...

Oi! We're up the apples, eating a ruby and having a nice cup of rosie with the trouble and strife!

Stick that in your sky you bunch of septics!