NSW/SYD: banning colours

I'm waiting for fonetik to be spelt phonetically.

You mean having a gay time didn't mean ......?

Theo

 

So you are advocating for freedom to wear what you like to a pub, but draw
the line on freedom in the way words are spelt?

Boxer

 

Ahhhgahhh..uhhh.

Have you ever been called a pedantic wanker Damien?
The English-writing world spells it as colour. This of course excludes the
unfrenchified yanks, who do not speak, or write English.

Theo

 

You have to draw the line in the sand somewhere.

Beer mate?

Theo

 

I don't particularly care which way any given person chooses to spell
it. Either way, both are still recognised and completely acceptable
forms, and the only thing that truly matters is that they are used
consistently in any given context.

The truly pedantic wankers are the ones who keep piping up saying "You
can't say that, it's a stupid seppo term, we're in Australia!"

I'm just pointing out the baseless underlying bigotry behind such
assertions, that's all. It says a lot about people as to how they then
choose to respond to that.

 

Being of Irish herritage, I really don't adhear to the "English" way of
doing things.

Boxer

 

Hallo fish.

Theo

 

That's the truth


Watching some drag racing this morning one of the yank drivers said a
whole lot of something , about the only thing I could discern from this
down home heavy accented Arkansis boy was praisethelord ( I think) that
was it inter spaced through several paragraphs that made the wife say
"What did he say ?"

 

So an Australian person, working for an Australian company, located in
Australia, must always use Australian spellings - even if they happen to
be writing for an exclusively American audience???

Being in Australia is not sufficient reason to demand that "Australian"
spellings are used exclusively. The real problem here is not the form of
spelling used, but the unapologetic cultural bigotry of those who are
making the loudest objections.

 

I would expect an Australian to use Australian spelling and an American to
use US spellings, even in discourse with each other. I doubt that an
American would be offended by an aussie using the word colour or vice versa
with color. But for an Aussie to use the word color is just wrong to me.
Even 'Labor' makes me cringe.

I think you're wrong about that cultural bigotry part. People resist
language change, no matter where they live, and that is not bigotry or a bad
thing. The Americans are horrified what 'hoodspeak' is doing to their
language. Word like 'mon' and 'ho' are terrible use of language. You want to
know what an undefended language sounds like? Watch Jerry Springer some
time.

Theo

 

I agree Labor has made me cringe for ages.

Boxer

 

So if the Australian in question was a journalist writing for an
American newspaper, but based out of their home/office here, then you'd
still expect them to use Australian spellings?

I think I'm spot-on. Not one single person has opposed "American"
spellings by providing specific and non-cultural evidence of the
superiority of "Australian" spellings. Not even once. In every single
instance, their demands have been exclusively on the grounds that
Australian spellings should be used because we're Australian and
American spellings should be rejected because they're American. That
says it's all about culture, nothing else, and anyone who makes their
demands on that basis alone is a bigot.

And now you're talking about something completely different altogether.
The various "street" variants of language are corruptions, they are not
officially recognised as being correct and accceptable in formal
contexts due to their informal nature. Was it intentional that you
neglected to also refer to similar Australian corruptions, such as
strine etc?

 

And that would probably explain why I shouldn't have ever talked to JL
et al in the first place, and why they continue to insistently claim to
have beaten me - it's all that experience they must have!

 

Nothing cultural about labor

 

That's two.

Theo

 

<gasp> Americans can read?


regards,
CrazyCam

 

Agreed


no point laboring the subject.

 

That's why they make so many movies

they can only look at the pictures

 

See, and it's stuff like that which just highlights how poor your
judgement really is. Probably worse than what you give bouncers the
credit for. And to think they let people like you educate children.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Sounds like the words of someone who can't pass a WWC check to me...