Do you care about the small differences in spelling? (uk vs. us)

I find it annoying when someone tries to correct me. I spell colour my way you spell it your way. I don't care how people spell whether US or UK but I don't like when either try to correct the way I say it because I'm from Canada so I a split I spell some things the US way and some the UK way.

I'm not really irritated by it, but I am irritated at how Americans think that calling crisps "potato chips" somehow makes the whole English language "American".

I dislike the whole thing where the USA thinks swapping a very few amount of words with others somehow makes it their whole own language.

if i get whats written then i should have no problem.... any individual during a chat or in such social sites should have such freedom as we are not attending a grammar class here.....

I care because I find it legitimately interesting how the English and American versions of the language have evolved in different directions, as have the Canadian and Australian languages. I don't care because I think "EVERYONE SHOULD SPEAK THE SAME LOLOLOL", but I care because it's interesting :P

Language is, in my opinion at least, at it's core a device to facilitate effective human communication. I care about how well language does that job, and I think simplifying it can sometimes aid but usually detriment language's ability to make communication effective. So I care in that regard too. I care that having a wide range of equally valid versions of one language can hinder communication when it happens on an international level, for example through the internet, but I don't know how to solve that problem without destroying culture (which is too high a price to pay) and hindering communication on a local level.

What I don't care about is whether someone says behaviour or behavior. So long as the people you're trying to communicate with can decode you I'm not bothered :)

I dislike how sometimes when you have the option to select the language English on a website or on some software or whatever, it has a picture of the US flag!??!? Wtf. Not just Americans speak English!

I think there is kind of a soft poetic value to UK spelling (I just die when I see spelling like "behaviour" if that is how they spell it...) but other than that, I don't pay attention. If I can read and understand it, generally, it does not matter how they spelled it to me.

I don't have a problem with it, and why should I?

We have ours, and they have theirs (UK). There's nothing I can do about it, lol. So I figure why bother having a pet peeve about it.

Who cares?

I honestly don't mind the difference between US and UK English (Commonwealth spelling).

In New Zealand we use the Commonwealth spelling system here.

How sad to be annoyed by something so trivial.

Colour kinda irks me.

Yes, because pronunciation matters and sometimes it gets skewed bu the little spelling differences. Also, think of foreigners when they learn english writing and get confused like "Why does it get spelled this way in USA, but this way everywhere else?" if they even piece together it's the same word.

I do Mind but spell the word in my head properly
even though the Stupid Yank spelled the word wrong,
but apart from that who the hell cares just because American's don't know how to spell.

As long as i can understand what y'all is saying then it's ok fer me.

How ya like ma bitches?

Of course, I know people spell some words differently depending on where they are from. I'm from Canada, and we use a mix of both UK and US spelling. For example, we say favourite but then we say mom. But I hate how the Americans changed up the way of spelling traditional English . I mean, why did they have to get rid of the u in colour? What's the point? Why do they have to be so different, anyway? Do they have a problem with the British?

Again, Canada's spelling is mostly British, but I try spelling things like "mum" and even saying words in a more refined accent, because that's where it originated, and I like it more. On the other hand, the spelling changes are existent, you can't get rid of them. I respect there are some differences, and when writing my novel set in the US, I used their spelling.

Some of the English seem to take a great offence to the American spelling for some reason. I for one think they are being sticklers. I myself sometimes I mimic them in a sort of mockery or to try to see if they will notice it. People often mistake me as the wrong type of English speaker. I just like to see how many cultures I can blend into.

The different spellings don't bother me at all, however some of the word substitutions do.

yeah it does bother me i would spell mom as mom not mum because it doesn't sound right as mum so i guess you guys would say mummy read me a bed time story mum doesn't sound right at all you guys should say mom and mommy

I really dont give two shits about spelling.

Really don't give a fuck.

Wow. After the first couple days of having this up, I thought this poll would be doomed. I'm surprised with how many responses I'm getting. Thanks guys! :)

I think that it's neat to see how much early Americans wanted to be different from Brits.

I would find it very odd for someone to be annoyed by this.

I hardly notice, except with words like "practice-practise" and "criticize-criticise"

Only when it's an American trying to spell as the English do. And vica versa.

When it's in text and I don't care but if they say it it's annoying

Like the word............ Roof It's funny and annoying how Americans say it

Commonwealth English here too, so I'm used to all the "u"s. There are many more differences, but they are minor, afterall.

I don't mind. I kind of do a double-take when I see "colour" rather than "color," or "behaviour" rather than "behavior," but it's a pretty minor difference.

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Honestly now I actually care a little bit but I have no idea which I use usually since I learn English in school while most of my skills come from internet when you just don't know who is who. For me : mom, behaviour, neighbour

I have learned UK english and sometimes it seems weird when I see "behavior" but it doesn't annoy me.

USA southern people talk alot different and i could laugh at them all day over the words they say like me i say finger they would say fanger but how they talk makes them look and sound like a dumb ass

American English is dumbing down the language. While it mostly does not annoy me, what DOES annoy me is ignorant American fucks who think their version of English is the original one, and that no other form of international English is correct.

Yes. It pisses my off the way those dumb british fucktards spell "mum" IT IS SPELLED "MOM" WITH AN "O" RETARDS!!!!!!