Friday, October 20, 2006
i'm starting to hate american english
sorry brian, but it's true.
i could be wrong (it happens alot, and if that's the case i'll willingly admit to it), but i'm starting to think that american english is very discriminatory. why? because of the (stupid) rule "i before e except after c". [i placed that period outside of the quotation marks on purpose]
what makes the letter "i" so important that it deserves to be in front of the "e" in every situation except when there's a "c" before them? What if the word just looks better with the "e" in front of the "i" regardless of the consonant placed before the dual noun combo? I know that this rule isn't specifically an american english problem... but I think that non-american english attempts to make up for the "e" discrimination by arbitrarily placing extra "e"s in their words. It may be a bandaid on a tumor, but at least they're making an effort. [i also like non-american english because I think it looks better to have the period outside of the quotation marks]
i could be wrong (it happens alot, and if that's the case i'll willingly admit to it), but i'm starting to think that american english is very discriminatory. why? because of the (stupid) rule "i before e except after c". [i placed that period outside of the quotation marks on purpose]
what makes the letter "i" so important that it deserves to be in front of the "e" in every situation except when there's a "c" before them? What if the word just looks better with the "e" in front of the "i" regardless of the consonant placed before the dual noun combo? I know that this rule isn't specifically an american english problem... but I think that non-american english attempts to make up for the "e" discrimination by arbitrarily placing extra "e"s in their words. It may be a bandaid on a tumor, but at least they're making an effort. [i also like non-american english because I think it looks better to have the period outside of the quotation marks]
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i do think punctuation inside the quotations looks better. and i think it's funny because sometimes it isn't logical.
but i'm working on a hate blog in defense of american-english spelling. it may take a couple days, but i promise it will be awesome (or maybe just readable).
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but i'm working on a hate blog in defense of american-english spelling. it may take a couple days, but i promise it will be awesome (or maybe just readable).
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