UK vs. US English

UK vs. US English: which is right, which is wrong?

I hear this "debate" all the time. And then I saw a video of it on YouTube. So I thought, "Why not make a response?"

Let me learn you folk up right good. ;)

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• UK
• US
• English
• language
• right
• wrong
• Americanisation
• Americanization
• colour
• color
• aluminum
• aluminium

[TheMagicBolt]

I never understood why love is pronounced LUV instead of Loh-ve.

o_e.

[BryanAJParry]

@TheMagicBolt Originally it was spelt "lufu", the "f" saidlike a "v". The final "u" sound fell away. However, in English we have a kind of prohibition on "v" ending a word e.g. "dove", "above", etc. Thus, the "e" ends it to prevent the spelling being "uncouth". Idiotic, I know, but there we are. Furthermore, "u" before certain other letters was changed to "o" because in the old scribal handwriting, all the letters would blend together. That's why we write "monk" "dove" "love" etc but SAY "munk"

[ukinfamous]

i hate people who think thier smart,especially in the way they speak,like this guy the fucking muppet!

[BryanAJParry]

@ukinfamous

You mean me? Care to actually answer my points, or do you just wanna hurl abuse?

[MrHeadingley]

There is no such word as pronOUnciation as you say in your video. The word is 'pronUnciation'. Your story about aluminium is totally false. Perhaps a few days back in uni would do you some good, son? Your other comment about the way you speak and 'so what?' totally negates the need for your video. The words 'and' and 'but' are both conjunctions and therefore should NEVER be used to begin sentences. I guess your degree was a distance learning course, or from somewhere like Stoke, son. Good try.

[BryanAJParry]

@MrHeadingley

Re: aluminium, I suggest you actually do some research.

[alewisgb]

Aluminium should be said Aluminium as the British say it because their was a gathering a year or two back (after this video) where Physicists and Chemists who spoke English met and decided on many words including Aluminium and a some words were decided to be the Americanisms and some the British-isms, Aluminium was decided to be called how the British say it!!!

[TheLedwards97]

I'm British... yh yh yh god save the queen cheerio etc... but........... We are a country who thought they were the best... thats why we say things different to what they are spelt... or ad a U in the word.... Its cos we thought we were the best and we have a right to change the word. :L we controlled half the world at one pint... who can blame us :P

[nostalgiamelancolia1]

In British English,lemonade also means soda or pop like Coca Cola,Pepsi,etc.

[MrSkycity007]

do socttish people still hate the english?

[85Aheadstix]

@boyeatworld No its wo-eva.

[85Aheadstix]

@euch27 Pronounced "al-um-inyum".

[boyeatworld]

i love when british people say 'whatever' hahahah

[jjd705]

the thing is...there are sooooo many American accents...some areas of the USA say route like ''rowt'' what you refered as british? and it's only certain parts of America that say it like ''root'' where i am from we say route like ''root'' i am from north eastern USA.