Recon how come ya'll youropeins and inglish guys spell stuff like honor and humor with a u stuck in there? ie: honour, also stuff like apologising with an s instead of a z. Are we westerners maiming the language or are you guys just bad spellers? Just curious is all, no offense intended.
we are maiming the language I think cause they spoke it first. (why do you think English chaps always look so much older) artyhat:
For starters thats Europeans and English. Second of all, England and the British Isle are the only countries in Europe that have English as it's official language. So it's really just the English you are talking about (sorry to any Scots, Irish and whatnot who resent being lumped together with the English). However, we Australians also use the same spelling techniques. We're correct too. Most of the settlers in America and Australia came from England originally, and seeing as England spells words like humour and colour with a 'u' (and so on and so forth with the apoligising and things like that) then I'd say we are correct, and you fellows are maiming the language.
Jarinor, that bit about youropeins and inglish, that was a joke. But thanks for the correction nevertheless.
You could think of it as Americans "maiming" the language. Or you could be truthful and admit that what we are doing is refining it. Making it stronger, faster.
Master Milo, what a truly insightful way to look at it. I very much like that opinion and will adopt it as my own.
This thread makes me wish I had that e-mail about European English and the gradual replacement of letters and things like that. It would be rather appropriate, methinks.
Okay, since you're all obviously interested, I asked my ass. Here's what he had to say. --- It was 1846 when, spurred by the war in Mexico, a party of migrants made their way along the Great Platte River Road. Hardship was their fate, survival their task and a new home but a faint hope. These hardy pioneers, Mormons all, spoke the English of the Queen they no longer served, but secretly worshipped. Once across the Missouri, they were increasingly beset by severe weather and an inhospitable environment. Eventually, their supplies began to run out. They were reduced to eating things they'd rather not, including the seed stock for their settlements. Gradually, their herds were culled, until they realised that if they consumed anymore of them, they'd likely never rebuild them and would be dooming themselves to poverty or starvation even if they found a home. So, it was in the face of this dilemma that Bringham Old was presented with his fateful decision. Several days out (not that they knew it) from the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, the migrant leaders met to decide how to feed their starving families. After hours of debate, during which they grew visibly weaker (so close to the edge were they), Bringham lost patience. Surging to his feet, he shouted "Our faith will feed us! Our families are hungry and must eat. What we eat out of need, the Lord will replace. I have seen our herds and flocks. The lamb is innocent and should not be touched. The ram must remain to protect his charges. Eat the ewes, I say!" As you can tell, the Lord did provide. A misunderstanding of his order, when passed through the rest of the Mormon pilgrims, lead to the group sustaining themselves for the rest of their journey on all the 'U's they had. By the time they reached their new home, many words were entirely bereft of them. After that, the rise of the Mormons as the secret controlling force behind the Union led to the new spellings quickly spreading to the rest of the nation. --- There. I hope you're all satisfied, now. Try not to bother my ass again soon. He tires easily
:roll: Okay... I don't speak (or spell) english all that well... Since I moved to the reservation, I have begun to slur and mutter, but I can type it just fine, right?
You omitted the fact that the Mormons actually learned English through a correspondace course whose headquarters was in Mexico ... This problem disseminated into California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida ... where now the official language is Spanglish. It is rumored that some people here and there actually speak a pure derivative of the combination of Anglo-Saxon, Celt, and Latin languages, but none have actually confirmed these sightings. ----- If languages were created when the Babel Tower was built, and men spread out through-out the world, what will happen when everyone in the world speaks a common language again?
on the mayflower with the rest of the white folks They all got here on 3 little ships no more ever came they just started breeding like crazy :roll: Actually no one really knows about the mormons one minute someone yelled "HEY look at that white lizard!" and when we turned back around and there they were (THOUSANDS of them) :wavey: The craziest think my pa ever seen.... :teeth:
My ass says that the Mormons came from Mormonia by ship. It kinda sounded like he was being sarcastic, though.
