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[starrylizard]

Australian/British spelling: aluminium
American spelling: aluminum

Lost a few letter there huh!

Yet you (Americans) insist of saying "tuna fish," when the rest of the world can say "tuna," safe in the knowledge that yes, it is a fish, but you don't have to spell it out.

Then I remember the unfortunate experience of watching an episode of newly weds and realise why this is important to you... :P No dear it isn't chicken. O_O

EDIT: Not trying to be offensive here, just musing, since my spell-checker insists on being American and it's annoying me.

Comments

[lightz474.livejournal.com]

Rofl! We are just silly Americans. :p But then again you are watching a show that is all about Jessica Simpson and her "new" hubby who is 50 times smarter than she is. Okay almost everyone is 50 times smarter than Jessica. *hides from the Jessica Simpson fans*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Hee! Totally aware of that! Just felt like poking fun! :P

Was just getting mad at spell-checker, which refuses to stay on Australian spelling. It changes aluminium and puts Z's where I want S's. Pissing me off man!

[lightz474.livejournal.com]

Lol. ;D My spell check doesn't know about half the time what I'm trying to spell.

[ljmckay.livejournal.com]

Ha, yes, aluminium. That's a fun one. ;)

Huh, I guess a lot of Americans do say "tuna fish"...I don't, just fyi. ;)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Huh, I guess a lot of Americans do say "tuna fish"...I don't, just fyi. ;)
Yay! A gal who knows her fish! LOL
I just hear it on the TV all the time and it cracks me up! It was even on Sesame street once. :P

[martoufmarty.livejournal.com]

I always say it like 'al-u-min-e-um'. And I don't get why people have to say 'tuna fish'. Like you said, it's obviously a fish.

... Of course, I'm Canadian.

I end all my sentences in 'eh' and say 'aboot' :P

[martoufmarty.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was wondering about the word 'gradient'. Do most Americans say it as 'gwade-e-ant', or is it just that guy who does the tutorial movies for programs like Macromedia Flash and that?

It's quite amusing to hear him say the word 'gradient'.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Your icon *dies*

Hee! I think it may just be him! :P

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

hehehe! I think Canada being a British colony once upon a time, like us, using the British spelling mostly, but I could be wrong.

All my Canadian relatives say 'aboot' and 'eh' too! It's very amusing. :P

[reedfem.livejournal.com]

Please don't judge our whole country by that twit. Egad.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Never fear! I'm just being silly and having issues with my spell-checker here insisting that it's American! I love my very smart and lovely American pals. :)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Actually I could say the same thing about Crocodile Dundee and the late Steve Irwin, but people jump on me. :P

[lark_ascends]

heee. I totally wouldn't. I'd completely agree with you.

Judge as by The Wiggles instead.

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I see the banner!!!! :D

And I didn't know that they spelt Aluminium differently - I know they pronounced it different. It's like epinephrine and adrenaline, huh? Same chemical but Americans call it epinephrine.

Even the pronounciation of words like "methyl", "ethyl", "propyl" are different. Ah, brings back good memories of organic chem and biochem in Uni! :D

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

*grins* Yeah like the banner? I love the mistake with the headphone. It looks a little like a security thing for some reason. :)

Love your icon btw! Luv Cameron!

Yup! It's so odd, plus they remove all the u's like in colour- color.

[mcalex22.livejournal.com]

But the Canadians are "normal" :grin:

The use the metric system, say colour and not color, Aluminium... I'm just amused when I see the American date - I always change my Excel default setting to our Aussie date style.

Ah so many cultural and interesting differences. Let's see when I'm in the UK ... the land of "crips" and where people say half 4 instead of half past 4.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

It's the differences that make travel fun! Otherwise there's no point! :)