Ok, i was playing this game, its a pretty good game, but I was just wondering, when I go to "Car Setup", under tires it says "Tyres". Wtf?
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Colin Mcrae Rally for Mac-Spelling error?
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It's the English spelling. It's not a typo, nor a mistake, it's British English
After all Colin McRae is from the UK.R.I.P Colin McRae
or, as we call it, english
on the subject of spelling mistakes, this site appears to be called mac rumors. wtf?
or, as we call it, english
on the subject of spelling mistakes, this site appears to be called mac rumors. wtf?
lol.
ya, i know hes from the UK. I didnt know that tires was spelt tyres there though. interesting.
RIP CM.
Well, im from canada so we put "u" in as well.
so, do people from the UK spell "Empire" like "Empyre"?
or "Sire" like "Syre"?
so, do people from the UK spell "Empire" like "Empyre"?
or "Sire" like "Syre"?
now with these new imacs, i see a lot of you can't spell aluminium. i bet you're not even saying it correctly
Its funny, because you spelt it wrong as well. Its "Aluminum".
Well, ok, it can be spelt "aluminum" or "aluminium". They are both correct."aluminum" is the old way of spelling it.
No. We use English. I am from England. English. Americans use American English and Canadians use Canadian English. English people use English.
A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M
you new worlders with your strange spelling
No. We use English. I am from England. English. Americans use American English and Canadians use Canadian English. English people use English.
The only right English is Canadian english
In Am. english, advice is a noun and advise is a verb, which would be the same for you as well. However, we use license for both the verb and noun.
Interestingly, the Oxford Am. Dictionary that came with my mac claims that you limeys
only use the form licence, though it sounds from this conversation that you would use the form with the c for the noun and the one with the s for the verb. So, is my mac's dictionary full of baloney/bologna?Oh, and by the way, y'all are loopy with that tyre thing. I bet you don't spell wire wyre, fire fyre, dire dyre, hire hyre, or even mire myre. I'll give you aluminium, for the sake of consistency with so many other elements that use the ium ending.
I'm purposely ignoring pyre and lyre since they don't bolster my case.
Btw, having played the xbox rally sport games, I kinda knew where this thread was going before ever clicking on it.
LOL so I guess I'm just loopy then
But *I* didn't make the spellings and in which case if I went around spelling Tyres as Tires then I would get some funny looks. It's what you are used to and what you are taught.We do have the word 'tire' (fatigue/knackered) also but it means something different. It means like tired, we don't spell that tyred by the way
American English came from British English (or just 'English' as we call it) and changed over the years with the spelling differences and word differences that you know nowadays. Nothing is wrong, just different dialects
Or colonisation (to us Brits)!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English said:
As I understand it (please correct me if I'm wrong), when British English first went to the New World, they decided to sort out the mess that it had become. European influences & divisions in class meant that words were spelt differently across Britain. So American English was an attempt to sort out the mess.
Interestingly, some American English words are more British than British English because British English continued to be influenced by Europe (mainly France) whilst America stuck to their spellings.
Interestingly, some American English words are more British than British English because British English continued to be influenced by Europe (mainly France) whilst America stuck to their spellings.
The only right English is Canadian english
That's bizarre seeing as we made it
Dare I mention 'realise' vs. 'realize'...
I'm sure there was a programme on the BBC about it a while back, also I think I read it somewhere too (sorry for being so vague).
I'm not a historian but hadn't Britain become somewhat unruly & many felt they needed a new place to start again (especially with France looming over them)? America was a chance to break free to bigger & better things. And one of the first things to do was write the American English dictionary & sort out the confusion!
American English contains more "z"s in words because that's how we used to spell words in England - it was the French who influenced us to get rid of z's because they didn't use them. (I really should try & back up such bold statements with references!).
lol!
look at what I have started! Im sorry for asking
I know it's like a bloody bingo hall in here now, "ramble ramble ramble, grumble grumble bloody americans..."
us brits can't half complain alot, and queue amazingly
Or, if you are from America, nothing can be spelt incorrectly. Words can, however, be spelled incorrectly
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