Mould or mold?

[UndeadPoet]

I would just add, don’t let your mould mold. lol

 

[Colonial Boy]

Kind of like how they spell colour.

They used to spell it ‘color’ but got influenced by French letters.
The US is a repository of English spellings and customs.

 

[SamTex1949]

aluminum ===> munimula !! who remembers

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Minutii, Small differences? Your abriviations do in some cases make a little sence but after it all
Started off as "Kings English.. O.D

 

[jimhallam]

I draw the line at aluminium.

As a retired Head of Science (Senior High School) specialising in Chemistry may I respectfully say that the ending " --ium" is correct (relating to metallic elements), and "aluminum" crept in to the American language after TDR's edict.
Note that there are a whole slew of "newer" metallic elements produced by research -- such as "AmericIUM, CalifornIUM, BerkelIUM ... " and so on. Some are named after people, rather than laboratories -- e.g., EinsteinIUM -- but the likelihood of either TrumpIUM or BidenIUM seems rather unlikely ;-)))

One thing that we all need to do is to respect other people's traditions whilst bearing in mind the history behind them. That means accepting that there is "ENGLISH English" and the different language which might be better called AMERICAN, rather than "American English".

 

[jimhallam]

They used to spell it ‘color’ but got influenced by French letters.
The US is a repository of English spellings and customs.

Sorry - I CAN'T resist this --- when I was a student, "French letters" used to be the term use when one wanted to fire blanks!

 

[wganz]

but the likelihood of either TrumpIUM or BidenIUM seems rather unlikely ;-)))

<parody & humor warning/>
Now if they did find TrumpIUM, it would be HUGE, the most BEAUTIFUL of all molecules. The best American made molecule with this BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL of electrons around it like no one had ever seen before.

 

[wganz]

double tap

 

[1950DAVE]

<parody & humor warning/>
Now if they did find TrumpIUM, it would be HUGE, the most BEAUTIFUL of all molecules. The best American made molecule with this BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL of electrons around it like no one had ever seen before.

And Bidenium would be of no practical use to mankind. It would tend to decay rapidly and show random and unpredictable behavior, and it would be totally insignificant is four years or less.

 

[Auldjin]

I have become aware that my use of the spellings "to-day" and "mediaeval" are now considered out of date, but I was dismayed to see "sulfur" being used in the UK in place of "sulphur".

 

[Colonial Boy]

Sorry - I CAN'T resist this --- when I was a student, "French letters" used to be the term use when one wanted to fire blanks!

I had that in mind when I decided to use ‘letters’ rather than ‘orthography’.

 

[Auldjin]

The word "let" is interesting as it has two opposite meanings. We are more familiar with permit but as in the phrase "without let or hindrance" is means an obstacle so a letter stops things getting through.

 

[nit wit]

I spell it mould, but who really cares, spell it moold , I'm fine with that.
Nit Wit

 

[Widows Son]

Ah yes..the completely sensible American language….

Fanny
Fanny Pack
Spunky
Randy
Tarts

 

[smo]

Are y’all using lead or led in your moulds or molds?

I would think led wood bee best for a mold and lead would be best for a mould….

 

[Rifleman1776]

Are y’all using lead or led in your moulds or molds?

Neither, I use galena.

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Plumbum, Plumbeous or Plumbic? Take yer pic..

 

[wganz]

Plumbum, Plumbeous or Plumbic? Take yer pic..

but what if it is Unobtainium?

 

[Mad L]

A Message from John Cleese;

To the citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern
yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

His Sovereign Majesty King Charles III will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and
territories (except Kansas, which he does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Liz Truss, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further
elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Colony, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminum, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you
have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell
'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise.

Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up ‘vocabulary').

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an
unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft
know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u'
and the elimination of -ize. You will re-learn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need
so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be
handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a
therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler.
A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you
European cars, you will understand what we mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate
effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion
tables.

Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) -- roughly $10 per
US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things
you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and
dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British
Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to
as Lager.

South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it
can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required
to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four
Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those
of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football,
but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds
or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby -- the South Africans and Kiwis
will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a
game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond
your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans
first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

16. An official from Her Majesty's Inland Revenue (i.e., tax collector) will be with you shortly t o ensure the
collection of all monies due (backdated to 1776). Until these are paid, there will be no
representative government in the USA , in line with the policy: 'No representation without taxation'.

17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 PM with proper cups and saucers (never mugs), and with high quality
biscuits (cookies) and cakes; Strawberries in season.

18. Some tea has gone missing -- and we expect it back. We'll be searching Boston first.

God save the Queen.

 

[deerstalkert]

well i speak American, read and understand English , Spanish, French, Russian.
when My speech is misunderstood i can sign in all the above. with one hand. actually just need one finger to get myself understood.
forgot Vietnamese. but that is just a few choice words.
and Scot, that one i understand by the tone and facial expression on my bride.