hitchhiker  +  1009 Wed, 18 Jun 03 09:22 PM The American spelling is easier, that's for sure! Essentially I guess it's a simplified version of British English then.. hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,036 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement... British English, Spelling

	yadayaba  +  1015 Wed, 18 Jun 03 11:47 PM While we seem to be on the subject of American english, why is it that Canadian english words are somethimes spelt difrently to American english words and appreently they have diffrent grammer rules too, Im blameing the french for this. Oh and a word of advise should you ever meet a Candaian, dont ask them about this they lose it big time. Tough to be fair they where drunk Yada yadayaba Joined on Sun, Jun 15 2003 New Member 14 American English

	hitchhiker  +  1022 Thu, 19 Jun 03 01:39 AM NanakiXIII and yadayaba, unless someone got there first: Welcome to the forums! Nan: I had no idea 'gotten' was an American word either.. oops. Yad: It's all abooot their ability to drink as much as Europeans. So, all said and done, which would you rather learn should you choose to take a language course: American English or British English? hitchhiker British English, American English

	Pia  +  1035 Thu, 19 Jun 03 09:43 AM hey nan ..... nothing wrong with American English at all. It's just that as a co-ordinator in a school teaching british english - i really shouldn't use american expressions. However, many slip thru the net unnoticed !!!! Pia Joined on Mon, Mar 24 2003 Malta Full Member 103 British English, American English

	Orpheus  +  1038 Thu, 19 Jun 03 12:33 PM pants (AmE) = trousers pants (BrE) = underpants fanny pack (AmE) = bumbag fanny pack (BrE) = you know... Orpheus Joined on Tue, Jun 17 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Regular Member 587 'Truth is Subjectivity' - Kierkegaard

	chris  +  1041 Thu, 19 Jun 03 01:21 PM Another "sore" point is whether the verbs, "to burn" and "to learn" are regular or not. Most students use them as regular verbs: "Yesterday I learned how to ride a bicycle." "Last year I burned my hand." In British English both are considered irregular: therefore burn = burnt and learn = learnt! chris British English, Verbs

	Pia  +  1042 Thu, 19 Jun 03 01:22 PM orph .... *blush* .... have been caught out with that one !!!! How was I to know that they were telling me to bring a bumbag !!!!!!!! Suspenders (BrE) = things that hold up ladies stockings Suspenders (AmE) = things that hold up people's trousers (pants) which obviously leads to confusion with garters and braces and eventually noone knows what the other party is referring to !!! Pia