Barb, you sent me here, and my consensus is: I cannot spell. Sad, and at this advanced age, probably unfixable.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:22:10 pm PDT #26312 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Apr 29, 2010 1:26:43 pm PDT #26313 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
From that page, an awesome line about places named XYZ Centre:
Sometimes these places were named before spelling changes took effect, but more often the spelling merely serves as an affectation.
Jessica - Apr 29, 2010 1:29:42 pm PDT #26314 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Working for Auntie Beeb has ruined me for American spell-checkers. Colour. Theatre. Programme.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:32:47 pm PDT #26315 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE YOU GUYS WRITE IT MUSTACHE? That's so ugly.
A couple months ago I was hanging out with a Canadian and a Scot transplant and I was regaling them with tales of American horror spelling, even though the Canadian swore he'd adopted the way of the masses. The Scot was all "traveler???? For real???" It was very traumatic for us all. I still play a strange juggling game with the word "favorite" since it's a label in the web application I work with. When I describe it, I often spell it favourite, but I quote it "favorite." Which is different from my previous jobs in the US, where I stuck faithfully to US spelling in business documentation. Not sure why that changed.
Cass - Apr 29, 2010 1:36:46 pm PDT #26316 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That's so ugly.
As are so many mustaches, tragically.
Dana - Apr 29, 2010 1:37:14 pm PDT #26317 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE YOU GUYS WRITE IT MUSTACHE?
Does the first syllable rhyme with "mouse"? or "mousse"? Or any other sound?
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:38:38 pm PDT #26318 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does the first syllable rhyme with "mouse"? or "mousse"? Or any other sound?
GHOTI.
IJS.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 1:39:16 pm PDT #26319 of 30001
Because books.
I'm copyediting a cozy British mystery right now and I have to retain British spelling (and not use a serial comma!), and it's driving me nuts. All those extra letters! My red pencil hand is all twitchy.
Dana - Apr 29, 2010 1:39:46 pm PDT #26320 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
IJS.
Speak English!
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2010 1:41:42 pm PDT #26321 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm copyediting a cozy British mystery
I think you mean a cosy British mystery, ma'am.
And yet I'm a devotee of the Oxford comma. I wish I had an iota of consistency, but I fear that ship has sailed.
eta:
Speak English!
Or American????