Since SB has nearly as many English readers of this blog (per capita) as I do American readers, we are going to implement some new word spellings to make our English friends feel at home here. I am attempting to improve relations with Britain, so suck it up American readers. Your complaints ARE NOT welcome. Also, I figure the English ought to know how to spell English words right, since the English language was invented over there.Anyhoo, it bothers me when people think I misspell shit because I'm an English major and a damn editor for a living, so I'm just pointing this out, so you'll know I'm not misspelling words out of ignorance or because I was too damn lazy to use the spell check.
Here are a few examples of words that are spelled differently in good old England.
color = colour
theater = theatre
theater = theatre
Here are a few examples of slang words that my dear English friends use instead of ours.
crisps = potato chips
moggy = cat
boffins = scientists
When I use an English term, I will put the meaning in [ ] parentheses for you Yanks. I love the English tabloids (especially, The News of the World), and also I lived in England for a summer so I am familiar with Brit speak.
I LOVE MY ENGLISH READERS! Have I sucked enough English ass in this post? And can any of you bitches Air Mail me some scones? SB LOVES THE SCONES!
Seriously, I do love you all. Thank you for reading. God Save the Queen and all that shit.
