BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US

Subject: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:49 AM

In the Uk we spell it "school"

However, it would seem to be different in the States. Click on link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10936604

Don't know whether the person was drunk or what :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 10:51 AM

One is reminded of the conversation - was it between Churchill and Eisenhower - Q..."Where did you learn to pronounce it "skedule"? A.."In shool of course".

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 11:25 AM

I heard basically the same conversation (although perhaps between two other speakers)as:

"In England we pronounce the word spelled 'schedule' as 'shedule'. Why do you Yanks insist on saying 'skedule'?"

"Better shool system, I guess."

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Leadfingers
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 11:56 AM

Laid Back Drunk ? Thatsh Cool ?

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 12:04 PM

There is a railway station on the line between London and Cambridge with this painted on the platform:

    GAP THE MIND

Maybe that's what shcool does to you.

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 12:05 PM

In high school and college I learned that if we are concentrating hard on what letters should look like, we can make the most foolish misspellings. That may have happened here, where the crew was concentrating on the equipment.

For some reason, a widespread goof was 'stratigrapic.'

On the other hand, if it was August in North Carolina, it was probably incredibly hot on the black asphalt, and that does not lead to clear thinking. And the crew might not even speak English.

Good thing the paint was merely interim.

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 12:38 PM

Blimey it seems like it is rife.

Misspelled Signs

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 01:14 PM

Reminds me of the poem for national LSD week Jack.


"Mind, how you go!"

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 02:25 PM

Here are some that are misspelt in English, rather than misspelled in American: -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8704838.stm

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 07:37 PM

Identity verified: Allen in Oz -Joe Offer-

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Im glad im orstralan

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Tangledwood
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 07:41 PM

Guest, you can't even spell Orstrayan correctly.

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: frogprince
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:07 PM

Which is ranked higher, a British Leftenant or an American Kernal?

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:36 PM

Oh, a Jeneral is MUCH higher.

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: maple_leaf_boy
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:41 PM

That was in the newspaper I get. Someone I once knew showed me a
design for a poster, and the spelling mistakes were amazing. The words
that you would consider to be harder to spell were spelled correctly,
but words you would consider to be easier to spell like "money" were
spelled incorrectly. He spelled it as "munny".

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: HuwG
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:45 PM

The BBC program "That's Life", presented by Esther Rantzen, once had a gallery of misspelled road signs in Britain.

Could it get worse than "BUS SOTP", they wondered. The next one (on the approach to a bend) read "SLOM".

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 11:57 PM

>>>you can't even spell Orstrayan correctly<<<

Neither can you ~~ everyone knows it is spelt "Strine".

~Michael~

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 02:40 AM

maple leaf boy - I remember reading somewhere that people know that they can spell the easier words, so only look up the harder ones.

sandra (who has only ever looked up harder words!)

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 08:13 PM

DOWN UNDER you would all love to live here

Subject: RE: BS: Different spelling of school in UK & US
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 08:32 PM

I usually watch news on BBC America. At the botton, other news items are often scrolled, with occasional mis-spellings. No one is safe from occasional mis-steps.
Look at some of the typing in Ebooks. Must have been done by arthritic geriatrics.

Grammar as well.
One I remember from childhood in bilingual Santa Fe was Keep Off From the Grass. Must have been on dozens of city-made signs.