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