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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 11:15:50 AM » |
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In England we spell it ''colour''
American computers keep correcting me!!
Did you know, black and white are not actually colours, they are4 something else pigments or tones or something
l.o.l
Random fact
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2007, 12:13:49 PM » |
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In England we spell it ''colour''
American computers keep correcting me!!
lol that's funny ok then colour it is hey are there any other words you guys spell different then us? |
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deferential. i say tomorrow i'll do this and tomorrow i'll do that. well tomorrow has come and gone and still i've done nothing.  |
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2007, 12:46:30 PM » |
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In fact, yup!
I have an English-American Dictionary!!!
Me and my cousin from Oregon used it alot when she came over. I also have a horse one, which has a lot of horse-related words (like different headcollars and stuff) and what they are called in different countries!! I'll share some words soon!
Heres a couple of words to get you started;
One from every letter of the Alphabet!
Apartment = Flat
Booth = Kiosk
Couch = Sofa
Diaper = Nappy
Eggplant = Aubergine
Fall = Autumn
Garbage = Rubbish
Hamburger Bun = Bap
Intermission = Interval
Janitor = Caretaker
Kerosene = Parrafin
Lima Bean = Broad Bean
Mail = Post
News Stand = News Agent
Overalls = Dungarees
Pacifier = Dummy
Recess = Lunch/Break
Sidewalk = Footpath/Pavement
Tic-tac-toe = Noughts and Crosses
Undershirt = Vest
Vacation = Holiday
With or without? = Black or white? (For tea/coffee)
Yard = Garden
Zucchini = Courgettes
My computer doesn't recognise loads of the English words
P.S. recognize = recognise I think
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2007, 05:16:44 PM » |
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oh wow i didn't know there were so many
for some of those words we use both words such as:
Couch = Sofa (though you don't hear sofa as commonly as you do couch)
Mail = Post( though for us it wouldn't just be post it would be post office)
Fall = Autumn
and then some of your english words we use but in different context (i think context is the word i'm looking for) than the word you put before it such as:
Recess = Lunch/Break
Sidewalk = Footpath/Pavement
Yard = Garden
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2007, 01:00:11 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2007, 01:01:42 PM » |
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paintgal, you have to write in colour
l.o.l i nearly forgot too
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2007, 06:52:11 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2007, 04:02:38 PM » |
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if you look at the numerous buttons above the box you type in you'll see a box that says change color if you highlight your words and then go up to that box and choose a color your text will appear in that color
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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2007, 05:17:24 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2007, 05:31:24 PM » |
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« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2007, 07:28:59 AM » |
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Going back to the different US/UK words, there are hundreds of them. There are masses of words spelt just a little differently like center/centre, different words used for the same things and words that are spelt the same but pronounced differently.
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« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2007, 06:19:13 PM » |
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Wow, that's amazing. I knew that you guys over in th UK used dfferet words, buti couldn't beleive how different some are and how alike others are. it's so cool. Plus the word for Apartment there realy surprised me, i mean Flat? That's really different, but different places do diferent things.
Oh and hows everyone doing? It's been so long. Oh and i'm going to try to write all weekend so that you guys can get another story soon. I think that you guys are probably annoyed with me right now for not writing. lol. But i've just been busy, busy busy. I hate being busy, it leaves me no time to have a lot of fun. I write a little at a time every so often, but it just seems that everything i write sounds stupid to me. i'm haveing a bad case of writers block big time.lol. It'll clear soon hopefully.
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Horses Rock! There isn't a life that's been lived without horses in it. P.S. I'm friends with everyone!  My sig. is of Sundance, my foal that died October 17, 2007. Lets all remember him in our hearts. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2007, 12:42:00 AM » |
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i love how you colored your name in the last post horse lover. no we aren't annoyed with you at least i'm not. miss talking to you hope to see you saturday. yeah the differences between UK and American is amazing. WHOA!!! just realized i finally reached 2000.
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