| The Inglish Langwij is 1 L of a language for | | | | Internet ( r u ok 2 4 lol ) replacing even |
| travelers so I say 2 L with travellers but | | | | the Cockney rhyming slang of 'a' for 'orses, |
| please communicate in some version of | | | | 'b' for cattle, 'c' for islanders and so on |
| English, just give me a clue as to which | | | | and so forth or 'come forth and conquer' or |
| version. | | | | 'come fourth and lose your beer money.' Are |
| | | | you still with us? |
| Recently I sent an email to a Dude Ranch | | | | |
| operator in one of the northern states using | | | | Wot is Inglish? Bungalow is from India (bung |
| the word 'traveller' which is the way I was | | | | a low roof on), budgerigar is Australian |
| taught to spell it many decades ago. I | | | | Aboriginee (I think), theatre is French, |
| received a terse reply and admonishment to my | | | | 'your welcome' is American, g'day is |
| email saying that if I could not spell | | | | Australian and so who cares how traveller is |
| traveller as traveler I obviously could not | | | | spelt, apart from an unhappy dude rancher. |
| be trusted with her business listing at | | | | |
| TopTravelSites. I replied that the '2 L' | | | | Wotufink? How about finding a word now |
| spelling was used more than the '1 L' as this | | | | called 'English' that has come from another |
| was the original 'English' but this has since | | | | country? |
| made me think about the predicament of those | | | | |
| of us who think that we speak the same | | | | Evolution is great for language, speling, |
| language called English! | | | | grammer and sin-tacs are important but they |
| | | | have all changed over the centuries and are |
| I was created in England and considered | | | | hopefully still changing to make us all |
| myself a reasonably adept 'speller' although | | | | better communicators, which reduces the risk |
| not in the 'wonderspeller' category, but | | | | of misunderstandings such as the Aussie who |
| still pretty good for a limey, pommie, brit | | | | was arrested for saying 'Fair Dinkum' on an |
| or whatever we are being called lately. | | | | internal USA flight, sheer stupidity on the |
| | | | part of the flight crew or merely a lack of |
| Having travelled or traveled extensively over | | | | 'worldliness.' I hope the latter or as an |
| the past decades to Australia (I am still | | | | Aussie would say "bloody right mate!" or "my |
| trying to learn 'strine'), New Zealand (Maori | | | | oath." |
| phonetics), USA (a separate dictionary for | | | | |
| 'English' but still not called 'American'), | | | | Have you heard the one about the Englishman, |
| Canada (both Webster's and the Oxford add to | | | | Irishman, Scotsman, Welshman, American, |
| the confusion) and now being rebuked over the | | | | Canadian, Aussie, Kiwi who wrote to the |
| internet by a cowboy (I think it was a | | | | United Nations? No? Just as well then. |
| cowgirl or cowperson), I can only try and put | | | | |
| pen to paper and hope to be understood by | | | | That's it from me y'all, so I'll just change |
| anybody that is interested in the Inglish | | | | out of my whistle 'n flute (suit), put a bug |
| Langwij and help a few travelers and | | | | rake (comb) through my barnet fair (hair) and |
| travellers on their journeys. | | | | give me mate a bell on the dog 'n bone |
| | | | (phone) to see if he wants a swift one (a |
| 'Our' language is a mongrel of the first | | | | pint) down at the rub-a-dub (pub) and then go |
| water and maybe this attempt at humour or | | | | for an Indian (curry) or chish 'n fips at the |
| humor will generate some debate or discussion | | | | takeaway (take-out) before heading back to |
| so that we can all have a bit of a giggle but | | | | the flat (apartment) to get the trouble 'n |
| we should also appreciate the power and | | | | strife (wife) to make me a cup of rosy lee |
| strength of mongrels such as low vet bills | | | | (tea) before heading up the apples 'n pears |
| and good survival rates! | | | | (stairs) to the land o' nod for a kip. |
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| One of my favourite or favorite books is | | | | If you are curious about whether I spell |
| Churchill's 'History of the English Speaking | | | | traveller with 1 or 2 L's and you 'ave 'arf a |
| Peoples' but let's just think back to the | | | | mo' to spare you can have a gander at |
| language of Shakespeare and then go on to Ayn | | | | toptravelsites, so skol, salut, bottoms up |
| Rand (Atlas Shrugged), James Michener | | | | (oops! not PC), sante from The Nomad as I go |
| (Alaska), Neville Shute (In The Wet), Edward | | | | to run my grammar and spell-check software on |
| Rutherfurd (Sarum and London) and J.K. | | | | this diatribe and check my cheques or checks |
| Rowling (Harry Potter), taking into account | | | | to enrol in an ESL program. |
| the outright theft of words by the Welsh, | | | | |
| Irish, Scottish, English which has progressed | | | | And remember, English is considered (by the |
| to the Oxford English Dictionary (a WISE | | | | English that is) to be the universal language |
| move eh what?), but which is once again being | | | | of travel. It's all terribly confusing, eh |
| stolen by the Yanks, Canucks, Aussies, Kiwis, | | | | what? |
| French (they stole Le Weekend) and the bloody | | | | |