Do You Speak English?
In the world of the Interwebs a few of us have to decide if we will do something we’ve forever been told not to… speak American. Us non American English speakers have learned the prejudices of our parents and teachers… do not barstadise the English language by speaking American.
But on the Interwebs we ask ourselves should we give into the Google and drag our tongues in the dirt in hope of better SEO?
It feels wrong when I spell Travelling/ Traveling but maybe these Americanisations/ Americanizations are better for my blog? I must admit though I do insist on spelling gaol/jail so I’m still a barstadiser to many.
What do you think? Should true English speakers chase the page views or start a revolution?
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*WE non American English speakers have learned the prejudices of our parents and teachers
Thanks, I’m not professing to be perfect grammar or spelling, in fact I’m pretty average. This post shouldn’t be taken too seriously but I would like to hear from people, American’s too
This is an interesting observation which I had to stuggle with for my site http://www.traveling-stories-magazine.com. After registering the domain I faced a huge confusion as to how to spell traveling (travelling?). Finally I went with the americanized traveling as I guess that is just the reality.
cheers,
Michael
I hate this word. Traveling. Looks so odd in print. But - so does Travelling. My first inclination is to use two “l’s” - but then reading it on-screen - it reads as ‘tra’-'velling’ - velling as in dwelling. No so proper either. So - I look up ’spell traveling’ in Google - and it brought me to this site. And here I share my point of view. I hate both spellings - but what’s an American boy going to do : ) I didn’t invent the word. I’m going with ‘traveling’ for my purposes.
cheers to you.
I thought American English was the new English. Maybe the English speaking nations of the world should hold a summit and make some universal rules.
As a former fluent German speaker, I will tell you that German dialectical differences are as extreme if not more than English. I never could understand Austrians.