[WikiEN-l] technical Issue with Firefox 2.0 beta

[Guettarda]

On 7/25/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/25/06, Adam Lorenz <kungfuadam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey what's nothing wrong with American English? The differences are very
> > few. In fact, I write with American English, and there is not one word
> that
> > I typed just now that differ between the two dialects.
>
> I would have written the corresponding paragraph:
>
> Hey, [there's] nothing wrong with Australian English. There are very
> few differences. I actually write in Australian English, and none of
> the words in what I just typed are spelt differently between the two.
>
> I don't know if any of those differences are particularly significant,
> or just stylistic. Maybe "there is not one word" is the strangest - I
> certainly recognise this construction, but would never use it. I
> wouldn't say I write "with" a language or spelling system, but "in"
> it.
>
> I'm not sure I would describe AusE vs AmE as "dialects", but they probably
> are.
>
> Steve


I think the only really fundamental difference in spelt/spelled.  The other
differences seem like personal stylistic differences.  On the other hand, I
have had so much exposure to American idioms that I don't notice them as
unusual, even when the wording isn't something I'd ever use myself.

Ian