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