tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post4120946691660009332..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: I'm Not Stupid. I'm Canadian.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-86954075776572126982011-04-03T10:53:55.474-07:002011-04-03T10:53:55.474-07:00Oh my, yes, the extra "u"! I spend my li...Oh my, yes, the extra "u"! I spend my life protecting it LOL.<br /><br />I've given up Americanising myself now (note the "s" not "z" LOL), and I'm afraid if my publishers won't allow UK spelling, they'll have to correct it from their end.<br /><br />I like the mixture in my reading, though! :)Clare Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392142798976142547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-74740730184391331482011-04-02T09:29:30.394-07:002011-04-02T09:29:30.394-07:00I was born and raised in the States, and my mom wa...I was born and raised in the States, and my mom was born and raised in England. We are very close to her English relatives and I often use British spellings in EVERYTHING! I do tend to change it before I send whatever it is (email, manuscript, etc) depending on the person receiving it.Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671871950908006851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-31526163393091323172011-04-02T06:51:54.611-07:002011-04-02T06:51:54.611-07:00Great post. I'm bi-lingual (born in England li...Great post. I'm bi-lingual (born in England live in the USA) I have trouble with gray and grey and in a manuscript did a global search and replace to gray, but then realized I'd spelled Earl Grey tea incorrectly. All very confusing.<br />AnnAnn Summervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300190648788509096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-74706979282133296632011-03-31T18:21:25.391-07:002011-03-31T18:21:25.391-07:00Feel better soon, Anne! No worries on the spelling...Feel better soon, Anne! No worries on the spelling. I actually enjoy the different spellings of words depending on dialect, region, etc. :)Julie Moffetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336467844360987305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-17135914366379477532011-03-31T15:04:57.021-07:002011-03-31T15:04:57.021-07:00I sometimes spell with a Southern inflection. :) ...I sometimes spell with a Southern inflection. :) It's not pretty. Or is that 'purdy'?Maureen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432964748852427405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-52073093387460342522011-03-31T10:55:06.065-07:002011-03-31T10:55:06.065-07:00I'm a born and bred New Yorker but I always co...I'm a born and bred New Yorker but I always confuse disc and disk and grey and gray. Hope you feel better soon--I believe I have the same crud and the cough medicine is none too swift.Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-30468864896503719072011-03-30T16:40:41.343-07:002011-03-30T16:40:41.343-07:00...Or the writer might be Jamaican. We write and ......Or the writer might be Jamaican. We write and spell using British English. When I write novels which are going to be targetted at American publishers, I use American spelling. It makes things easier.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-61189227415043875562011-03-30T08:17:48.566-07:002011-03-30T08:17:48.566-07:00No comment on the spellings, as I switch randomly ...No comment on the spellings, as I switch randomly from Brit to American as the mood takes me. (That's the problem with having had British publishers at an early age.)<br /><br />I do love the Amelia Peabody series, though, and I'll look forward to your eventual post.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-80013726703854571212011-03-30T07:38:15.171-07:002011-03-30T07:38:15.171-07:00Or British.
When I first submitted to Carina, I ...Or British. <br /><br />When I first submitted to Carina, I had a horrid nightmare in which they made me change my British English into American English. Luckily, it was just that - a nightmare. I wouldn't have coped. :)<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon, Ann!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-31035514864904331922011-03-30T07:07:29.781-07:002011-03-30T07:07:29.781-07:00And then you add in French and you get completely ...And then you add in French and you get completely confused! The spelling difference that always jolts me is check (American) vs cheque (Canadian).Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-69698820003178056462011-03-30T07:07:15.044-07:002011-03-30T07:07:15.044-07:00Hope you feel better soon. I'd never think any...Hope you feel better soon. I'd never think anyone stupid for such spellings. I find it more sophisticated, actually.Wynterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611293420659353094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-66125918928658068002011-03-30T06:24:59.840-07:002011-03-30T06:24:59.840-07:00Or British, or even worse, BOTH!!!
Writing for Am...Or British, or even worse, BOTH!!! <br />Writing for American publishers means my PC is set up for AMerican English, but my brain is stuck in the UK :)<br />Sorry you're sick, Anne :(Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-27853241600429399242011-03-30T05:48:48.350-07:002011-03-30T05:48:48.350-07:00Some of my American friends love to mock me by put...Some of my American friends love to mock me by putting random u's in words when posting to me. LOL I am very schizophrenic though. I've looked at reviews I've written where I spell the same word sometimes with a u and sometimes not, or I'll spell it humour but in the same post use color. I tend to use American spelling if I'm talking to American's and Canadian if I'm talking to Brits/Aussies but most of the time it's a god awful hodge podge.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.com