04-17-2002, 01:42 AM | #11 | |
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Miljoen = 1*10^6 Miljard = 1*10^9 Biljoen = 1*10^12 Biljard = 1*10^15 Triljoen = 1*10^18 Triljard = 1*10^21 there's not much need for numbers over 100000000000000000000000 I take it Engalnd has a silimiar way to show it
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04-17-2002, 04:06 AM | #12 |
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AMERICAN BRITISH acknowledgment acknowledgement afterward afterwards airplane aeroplane alright all right aluminum aluminium amphitheater amphitheatre analog analogue analyze analyse anemia anaemia anemic anaemic anesthetic anaesthetic antiaircraft anti-aircraft apologize apologise apothegm apophthegm arbor arbour archeolog archaeology ardor ardour armor armour armorer armourer armory armoury atchoo atishoo ax axe B.S. B.Sc. backward backwards battle-ax battleaxe behavior behaviour behavioral behavioural behoove behove beside besides bisulfate bisulphate bookkeeper book-keeper caliper calliper calisthenics callisthenics canceling cancelling candor candour carburetor carburettor catalog catalogue catalyze catalyse center centre centerboard centreboard centerfold centrefold cesium caesium check cheque checker chequer chili chilli citrus citrous civilization civilisation clamor clamour clangor clangour color colour conjuror conjurer connection connexion counselor counsellor cozy cosy curb kerb daydream day-dream defense defence deflexion deflection demeanor demeanour dialog dialogue dialyze dialyse diarrhea diarrhoea disk disc disulfide disulphide dolor dolour donut doughnut doodad doodah draft draught drypoint dry-point edema oedema elite élite emphasize emphasise enamor enamour endeavor endeavour enrollment enrolment equaled equalled fantasize fantasise favor favour favorite favourite favoritism favouritism fervor fervour fiber fibre flavor flavour flower girl flower-girl flower pot flower-pot forward forwards fulfill fulfil fulfillment fulfilment furor furore goiter goitre gonorrhea gonorrhoea gram gramme gray grey gynecology gynaecology harbor harbour harmonize harmonise hemoglobin haemoglobin hemophilia haemophilia hemorrhage haemorrhage hemorrhoid haemorrhoid homeopath homoeopath homeostasis homoeostasis honor honour humor humour immortalize immortalise impanel empanel inflection inflexion inquiry enquiry jail gaol jewelry jewellery jewlry jewellery judgment judgement kilometer kilometre labor labour lemongrass lemon grass leukemia leukaemia leveled levelled liter litre luster lustre M.S. M.Sc. maneuver manoeuvre meager meagre menorrhea menorrhoea meter metre misdemeanor misdemeanour misjudgment misjudgement modeled modelled modeler modeller mold mould molt moult mom mum mustache moustache neighbor neighbour neighborhood neighbourhood neighborly neighbourly neoclassical neo-classical niter nitre note paper note-paper odor odour offense offence organize organise organized organised pajamas pyjamas paleobotany palaeobotany Paleocene Palaeocene paleoclimatology palaeoclimatology paleogeography palaeogeography paleography palaeography paleolithic palaeolithic paleomagnetism palaeomagnetism paleontology palaeontology Paleozoic Palaeozoic panelist panellist paralyze paralyse parlor parlour pedagogy paedagogy pediatric paediatric pediatrician paediatrician pediatrics paediatrics pedophile paedophile pedophilia paedophilia pjamas pyjamas plow plough practice practise preignition pre-ignition pretense pretence program programme pseudointellectual pseudo-intellectual pseudoscience pseudo-science quarreled quarrelled rancor rancour raveled ravelled realize realise recognize recognise retroflection retroflexion rigor rigour rumor rumour saltpeter saltpetre savor savour scepter sceptre shoveled shovelled skeptic sceptic skillful skilful smolder smoulder sniveled snivelled snowplow snowplough specialize specialise specialty speciality splendor splendour standardize standardise story storey succor succour sulfate sulphate sulfide sulphide sulfureted sulphuretted theater theatre tire tyre toward towards traveled travelled traveler traveller traveling travelling trisulfate trisulphate tumor tumour tunneling tunnelling ultrahigh ultra-high ultramodern ultra-modern valor valour vapor vapour vigor vigour vise vice yodeling yodelling
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04-17-2002, 08:37 AM | #13 |
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Can't we all just get along?
Where do you buy Ice cream? at a, Ice cream shop or an ice cream shoppe. Personally I get mine at Dairy Queen, but that is neither here nor there. I think we just streamlined the English language.... Taking out all those extra letters, it bad enough I am a hunt and peck typer, imagine if I had to type more letters, it's painful enough. shoppe - shop colour - color Also, our school systems, at least here in NY have a hard enough time trying to teach these kids(but lets not get into that here and now), so less letters are good.
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04-17-2002, 09:03 AM | #14 | |
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04-17-2002, 10:02 AM | #15 | |
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Litre, Centre, honour, being one example. It also disregards the international element to English. In any case what does it matter? American will end up being known as another language in the future. The dialects are gradually splitting. I think it only took a few hundred years for the common Scandinavian language to split into Norse, Danska and Swedish for example. Also almost anywhere else in the world if you speak English correctly, you will sound generically "Educated English". New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, India, wherever, the regional accent fades, and an "educated English" accent pervades, when English is spoken correctly. Not so in America or Canada, by virtue solely of the 'R'. You can at times speak Queens English in America, and not be understood because of this one letter. Speaking American correctly is different to speaking English correctly. A "fire wire" drive is not a "fah-wah" or "fye-a wye-a "drive is it? Wierd. |
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04-17-2002, 10:34 AM | #16 |
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In German:
10^6: Millionen 10^9: Milliarde 10^12: Billionen 10^15: Billiarde 10^18: Trillionen ... and so on and so forth. I probably have a unique perspective on this [img]tongue.gif[/img] being an American who learns English (British) as a foreign language at school. My English has turned into a strange mixture of American and British, although I still have a very American pronunciation... so I must ask: was British always #1? Or did it change? And I must agree, I'd spell it battle-axe. [ 04-17-2002, 10:35 AM: Message edited by: Kaz ] |
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