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So I gave in and made a poll...

posted by [personal profile] panik at 02:57pm on 21/12/2007 under ,
because I am a master of prevarication.[Poll #1109659][Poll #1109659]
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posted by [identity profile] talcat.livejournal.com at 03:26pm on 21/12/2007
I think the writer should use whatever spelling that they feel comfy with BUT should make an effort with other thing like:
Sidewalk-Pavement
Mom-Mum
Etc etc
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:42pm on 21/12/2007
Oh yeah, idioms, I totally agree, but that's not the same as spelling; it's when people get upset by spelling differences that I get confused.
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posted by [identity profile] talcat.livejournal.com at 03:49pm on 21/12/2007
Thats just silly idioms matter more than spelling! If your reading a great fic you get so caught up in it that you don't notice spelling but if say Blair suddenly said something like I'd better call my mum or Jim was We found the body in the boot of the car THAT would ruin the enjoyment more than spelling!
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:58pm on 21/12/2007
No argument from me. I'm as irritated by Briticisms in an American-based fic as anyone.
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posted by [identity profile] talcat.livejournal.com at 04:02pm on 21/12/2007
And the other way round too, I hate it when it happens in Doctor Who fic.
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posted by [identity profile] andrea-2006.livejournal.com at 03:28pm on 21/12/2007
For me it makes absolutely no difference. My first language is not english, so mostly I think I wouldn't notice anything. :-)
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:41pm on 21/12/2007
Oh that's a whole nother kettle o somethin'. *G*
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posted by [identity profile] maaaaa.livejournal.com at 03:34pm on 21/12/2007
A monkey's *what*?? Why oh why couldn't you use an American coloquism so I could make a better informed choice??
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:39pm on 21/12/2007
bwahahahahaha!

'A monkey's *what*??'
I honestly don't know.
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posted by [personal profile] starwatcher at 05:40pm on 21/12/2007
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There's no ending?!? I thought it would be "monkey's arse" or "monkey's tit" or something like that.
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posted by [identity profile] wordwitch.livejournal.com at 05:57pm on 21/12/2007
You gotta read the symbols! It's obviously a monkey's asterisk!
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posted by [identity profile] betagoddess.livejournal.com at 05:53pm on 21/12/2007
I'm just a mixed up Canadian and can't even remember how _I'M_ supposed to spell things any more. *g*

I can no longer remember whether we use "gray" or "grey", "realize" or "realise", but I DO remember I need my "u"s. LOL.

I have always called my mother, "Mum" and my kids call me "Mummy", but that is very uncommon here now. Just don't give me "boot" and "lift" and "Uni". LOL!
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posted by [identity profile] bumpkin-is.livejournal.com at 06:24pm on 21/12/2007
Lol, I am another wonderfully mixed up Canadian who never knows what to spell where - and bonus, my parents speak english as their second language because they are immigrants from Holland. They spoke 'textbook'. *g*

I know I need my 'u's, and frankly grey/gray is pretty darn interchangeable for me, as are practise/practice or realise/realize. My son calls me Mum, and half the time we drive by the Uni - but I do give you that we don't tend to use the lift, and the only 'boots' we are concerned with are the ones we were on our feet. :D

Marns
~pN
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posted by [identity profile] betagoddess.livejournal.com at 06:32pm on 21/12/2007
I have never used the word "Uni" in my whole life. Nor "lift" for an elevator and like you, boots are only worn on feet. =>}

My parents were both from Ontario with ancestors going back several generations. Growing up English in Toronto, we even say "to-MAW-to" and "dyew". *g*

But with the bombardment of South of the Border "English" all my life, I have to admit I sometimes also say "to-may-to" and am unfortunately used to seeing no "u"s in my words. *sigh*
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posted by [identity profile] ringbark.livejournal.com at 06:16pm on 21/12/2007
What about American punctuation? That's too weird for words. And yes, I know I voted for "yes" and "cgam" but that's because I think that the answer is yes, but really I couldn't give a monkey's.
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posted by [identity profile] snailbones.livejournal.com at 06:18pm on 21/12/2007
I voted 'I don't give a monkey's' - but that's 'cos I don't often get to vote that... hey - could we have that as a choice at the next General Election maybe?

I really don't mind which spelling people use - I read so much of both, half the time I don't notice, and if I do, I sort of note to myself that ah-ha must be American, but that's as far as I bother. I'm even getting used to sidewalks and elevators in UK fandoms and vice versa... it used to throw me slightly, but now I just get the meaning and enjoy reading.

But then - world's laziest writer/most greedy reader here!
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posted by [identity profile] laurie-ky.livejournal.com at 04:52am on 22/12/2007
I voted 'I don't give a monkey's' - but that's 'cos I don't often get to vote that... hey - could we have that as a choice at the next General Election maybe?

I absolutely adore you.
Laurie
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posted by [identity profile] suemc.livejournal.com at 06:31pm on 21/12/2007
It doesn't really bother me and I can't see why people get so hung up on it, the only one that drives me crazy is 'baggie', where the hell does that come from?!!!!
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posted by [identity profile] kaelana.livejournal.com at 09:19pm on 21/12/2007
For me, I don't care about spelling or word usage as long as dialog of American characters keep true...does that make sense? In describing a scene or something Brit spelling would work for me, but if Jim were to say Brit words, that wouldn't. Capisce?
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 09:31pm on 21/12/2007
My thoughts exactly.

Capisce - feels like a very RB word. ::nods::
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posted by [identity profile] rainbowchicken.livejournal.com at 05:31pm on 26/12/2007
I'm late coming into the debate, but spellings don't really matter to me. However, it's very jarring to be reading a fic based on a US fandom & having the characters use a Britishism. The most glaring one I've ever seen was in A Team fandom, with BA saying he fancied something.

No. Just... no.
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