tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613061466367803046.post6233905526712653504..comments2024-03-20T00:50:22.611-07:00Comments on Yammering Muse: Dear Kate,Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042180500149633135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613061466367803046.post-13109865648262591912011-07-16T12:12:02.315-07:002011-07-16T12:12:02.315-07:00Dear Anon-
If I offended you, I apologize, as that...Dear Anon-<br />If I offended you, I apologize, as that was not my intention. I am a huge fan of the United Kingdom, and was fortunate enough to spend three weeks travelling there as a teenager, so this post was truly written with much love and respect. I was also home schooled growing up and the spelling curriculum my mom used was from the UK and so I learned to spell words the "British" way. In the US many words have over the years changed in their spelling. Call it Lazy American-ism if you like, but many "extra" letters were dropped. Programme became Program. Colour became Color. But As I said I learned to spell these words as our friends across the pond do. <br />Quite a few years ago a vice president was asked to spell the word "potato" and he spelled it with an "e" at the end. When he was mocked, he, and others, explained that this was the way the Brits spelled the word. And indeed, I have been taught the same thing. On my Word Document programme I use the UK English settings because it is annoying to have so many words "misspelled" in the American English version, and the UK version insists that Potato is in fact spelled with an "e" at the end. This may have changed in the UK for all I know, but that was my understanding.<br /><br />Yes I was trying to be funny, but not in an offensive way, so again, I do apologize for any hurt feelings.<br />-AshleyAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042180500149633135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613061466367803046.post-87000211837320337732011-07-16T11:10:42.838-07:002011-07-16T11:10:42.838-07:00who told you that the British spell it potatoe? Co...who told you that the British spell it potatoe? Cos its wrong, we don't Or are you trying to be funny ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613061466367803046.post-46613344955861031492011-07-12T19:19:00.591-07:002011-07-12T19:19:00.591-07:00Haha, I love this! I too have been ogling Kate'...Haha, I love this! I too have been ogling Kate's outfits of late. Her choices have been so gorgeous and classy! <br />And your outfit is terribly classy, too - Kate would certainly approve!sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507514520185331116noreply@blogger.com