How logical should language be?

[Philosophy Explorer]

Of course it wouldn't be from a yank website then.

And what about the digital date format and the way the US refuses to conform to the rest of the planet, causing mass confusion and even dangerous errors? Of course, the rest of the planet is expected to change and cow-tow to the big arrogant bully on the block. Imagine if the incompetents in your secret services had received information that there was definitely going to be an attack on those two buildings on 11/9/2000 (or whenever it was). The fools would have been a couple of months too late. Hmm. Perhaps that's exactly what happened.......
Btw, who else but an American would post their flag on every comment? What a brain-washed dipshit. It's a piece of cloth. Do you think it has magical powers or something? You are every politician's dream. As malleable as dog droppings.

Irrelevant to this thread.

PhilX

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Not irrelevant. It's all about arrogance. Why do you and your new buddy get so 'butt-hurt'? Not content with hijacking the language, infecting the entire planet with beige blandness and fake energy (and fake everything else), tasteless food, corporate vacuum cleaners, horrible accents, refugee crises.....AND you expect to be loved too? I'm sure there are plenty of idiots who do, I'm just not one of them.

[Philosophy Explorer]

Not irrelevant. It's all about arrogance. Why do you and your new buddy get so 'butt-hurt'? Not content with hijacking the language, infecting the entire planet with beige blandness and fake energy (and fake everything else), tasteless food, corporate vacuum cleaners, horrible accents, refugee crises.....AND you expect to be loved too? I'm sure there are plenty of idiots who do, I'm just not one of them.

Just more irrelevance.

PhilX

[Philosophy Explorer]

Another example is the British aether which is ether in American.

PhilX

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Another example is the British aether which is ether in American.

PhilX

It's not 'British'. The language is called English, and it's the language you speak, idiot! (and you arseholes have the nerve to call others 'bigots').

[Philosophy Explorer]

Another example is the British aether which is ether in American.

PhilX

It's not 'British'. The language is called English, and it's the language you speak, idiot! (and you arseholes have the nerve to call others 'bigots').

Since England is part of the British isles, I'm technically correct (btw sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me ).

PhilX

[attofishpi]

It's called history. It makes language so much more interesting. And what about the stupid extra words yanks add--like 'of'? 'Off of'. Or the extra letters in the hideous 'gotten'? Dumbing down has only served to make it uglier and more confusing.
By the way, it's called aluminium. There was no reason to drop the 'i'. 'ium' was the logical choice. You are just being arrogant wankers.
As for 'harmonize', why not 'wize', or 'exercize'? 'Exursiz'? 'Wizdim' anyone? I hav too 'ize'?

You haven't read the article about aluminium and the British. It was Americans who called the metal aluminum
and some fool British who decided to add the i to harmonize it with potassium so you got your history backwards. And if I do enough research with the British, I'm sure I'll find plenty of other illogical examples.

PhilX

Well said VEG. Unfortunately this US fella - phil - always appears to struggle with logic as he yet again fumbles his way through another one of his thread spams. Both of us have made it clear how there is nothing 'more logical' about US screwing around with the spelling within the English language, where does it stop? culla for colour? was my example. or maybe phil would have preferred 'kulla'...maybe that would have been 'more logical'.

And phil - stop calling non US people 'fools' it only serves to render yourself even dumber when you have failed yet again in one of your own threads.

An entire country that daily pour (for phil:- 'por') liquid petroleum into their cars and call it 'gas' ..duh!

[Philosophy Explorer]

It's called history. It makes language so much more interesting. And what about the stupid extra words yanks add--like 'of'? 'Off of'. Or the extra letters in the hideous 'gotten'? Dumbing down has only served to make it uglier and more confusing.
By the way, it's called aluminium. There was no reason to drop the 'i'. 'ium' was the logical choice. You are just being arrogant wankers.
As for 'harmonize', why not 'wize', or 'exercize'? 'Exursiz'? 'Wizdim' anyone? I hav too 'ize'?

You haven't read the article about aluminium and the British. It was Americans who called the metal aluminum
and some fool British who decided to add the i to harmonize it with potassium so you got your history backwards. And if I do enough research with the British, I'm sure I'll find plenty of other illogical examples.

PhilX

Well said VEG. Unfortunately this US fella - phil - always appears to struggle with logic as he yet again fumbles his way through another one of his thread spams. Both of us have made it clear how there is nothing 'more logical' about US screwing around with the spelling within the English language, where does it stop? culla for colour? was my example. or maybe phil would have preferred 'kulla'...maybe that would have been 'more logical'.

And phil - stop calling non US people 'fools' it only serves to render yourself even dumber when you have failed yet again in one of your own threads.

An entire country that daily pour (for phil:- 'por') liquid petroleum into their cars and call it 'gas' ..duh!

Apparently you're as prejudiced as VT. I gave several examples where the British added letters to words, in at least one instance for reason of harmony. The US isn't playing around with the British language, rather they adjusted within the American language to make improvements. But it was the British that the article clearly showed who screwed around with the word aluminum to make it aluminium for British taste.

I'll call anyone a fool when the word applies. And duh, it is gas or gasoline in my country. If you want to call it petrol or petroleum in your country (note the extra letters here) just strengthens my case. So thanks for your nonbrilliant example.

PhilX

[attofishpi]

You haven't read the article about aluminium and the British. It was Americans who called the metal aluminum
and some fool British who decided to add the i to harmonize it with potassium so you got your history backwards. And if I do enough research with the British, I'm sure I'll find plenty of other illogical examples.

PhilX

Well said VEG. Unfortunately this US fella - phil - always appears to struggle with logic as he yet again fumbles his way through another one of his thread spams. Both of us have made it clear how there is nothing 'more logical' about US screwing around with the spelling within the English language, where does it stop? culla for colour? was my example. or maybe phil would have preferred 'kulla'...maybe that would have been 'more logical'.

And phil - stop calling non US people 'fools' it only serves to render yourself even dumber when you have failed yet again in one of your own threads.

An entire country that daily pour (for phil:- 'por') liquid petroleum into their cars and call it 'gas' ..duh!

Apparently you're as prejudiced as VT. I gave several examples where the British added letters to words, in at least one instance for reason of harmony. The US isn't playing around with the British language, rather they adjusted within the American language to make improvements.

Improvements? What defines improvement here to you?

But it was the British that the article clearly showed who screwed around with the word aluminum to make it aluminium for British taste.

Oh you found one did you? So when the British do it, it is foolish, but when the US people do it, it is an improvement.

I'll call anyone a fool when the word applies.

So every time you look in the mirror I guess that word must spring to mind.

And duh, it is gas or gasoline in my country. If you want to call it petrol or petroleum in your country (note the extra letters here) just strengthens my case. So thanks for your nonbrilliant example.

Are you really that stupid that you missed the point - that it is a liquid - not a gas...fool.

[Philosophy Explorer]

Well said VEG. Unfortunately this US fella - phil - always appears to struggle with logic as he yet again fumbles his way through another one of his thread spams. Both of us have made it clear how there is nothing 'more logical' about US screwing around with the spelling within the English language, where does it stop? culla for colour? was my example. or maybe phil would have preferred 'kulla'...maybe that would have been 'more logical'.

And phil - stop calling non US people 'fools' it only serves to render yourself even dumber when you have failed yet again in one of your own threads.

An entire country that daily pour (for phil:- 'por') liquid petroleum into their cars and call it 'gas' ..duh!

Apparently you're as prejudiced as VT. I gave several examples where the British added letters to words, in at least one instance for reason of harmony. The US isn't playing around with the British language, rather they adjusted within the American language to make improvements.

Improvements? What defines improvement here to you?

But it was the British that the article clearly showed who screwed around with the word aluminum to make it aluminium for British taste.

Oh you found one did you? So when the British do it, it is foolish, but when the US people do it, it is an improvement.

I'll call anyone a fool when the word applies.

So every time you look in the mirror I guess that word must spring to mind.

And duh, it is gas or gasoline in my country. If you want to call it petrol or petroleum in your country (note the extra letters here) just strengthens my case. So thanks for your nonbrilliant example.

Are you really that stupid that you missed the point - that it is a liquid - not a gas...fool.

Well fool that you are, if you had taken the trouble to look up the etymology of the word gasoline from your Oxford Dictionary, you would have discovered that it derives from the name of one your countryman, Cassell, not from
the word gas. I can't put up the article here as it's copyrighted so you'll have to look it up yourself, Mr. Ignorant.

PhilX

[Philosophy Explorer]

BTW VT makes a big thing of M-W. The same can be said about the Oxford Dictionary.

PhilX

[Science Fan]

Just amazing seeing people who think that there is some centralized board of decision-makers who determine what language is used in the USA. The USA has a First Amendment, which would make any such board unconstitutional. In the USA, language is determined by the people who use it, and the language used is constantly changing, and there are also numerous local variations. I'm sure this is largely true for most other western nations as well.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Apparently you're as prejudiced as VT. I gave several examples where the British added letters to words, in at least one instance for reason of harmony. The US isn't playing around with the British language, rather they adjusted within the American language to make improvements.

Improvements? What defines improvement here to you?

But it was the British that the article clearly showed who screwed around with the word aluminum to make it aluminium for British taste.

Oh you found one did you? So when the British do it, it is foolish, but when the US people do it, it is an improvement.

I'll call anyone a fool when the word applies.

So every time you look in the mirror I guess that word must spring to mind.

And duh, it is gas or gasoline in my country. If you want to call it petrol or petroleum in your country (note the extra letters here) just strengthens my case. So thanks for your nonbrilliant example.

Are you really that stupid that you missed the point - that it is a liquid - not a gas...fool.

Well fool that you are, if you had taken the trouble to look up the etymology of the word gasoline from your Oxford Dictionary, you would have discovered that it derives from the name of one your countryman, Cassell, not from
the word gas. I can't put up the article here as it's copyrighted so you'll have to look it up yourself, Mr. Ignorant.

PhilX

Oxford sold its soul decades ago to pander to yanks and yank money.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Just amazing seeing people who think that there is some centralized board of decision-makers who determine what language is used in the USA. The USA has a First Amendment, which would make any such board unconstitutional. In the USA, language is determined by the people who use it, and the language used is constantly changing, and there are also numerous local variations. I'm sure this is largely true for most other western nations as well.

No one has said that. Noah Webster's McDictionary became the standard dictionary for American schoolchildren and the population was effectively lobotomised from that point on. The result is a population that has far more than its fair share of PEs.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Apparently you're as prejudiced as VT. I gave several examples where the British added letters to words, in at least one instance for reason of harmony. The US isn't playing around with the British language, rather they adjusted within the American language to make improvements.

Improvements? What defines improvement here to you?

But it was the British that the article clearly showed who screwed around with the word aluminum to make it aluminium for British taste.

Oh you found one did you? So when the British do it, it is foolish, but when the US people do it, it is an improvement.

I'll call anyone a fool when the word applies.

So every time you look in the mirror I guess that word must spring to mind.

And duh, it is gas or gasoline in my country. If you want to call it petrol or petroleum in your country (note the extra letters here) just strengthens my case. So thanks for your nonbrilliant example.

Are you really that stupid that you missed the point - that it is a liquid - not a gas...fool.

Well fool that you are, if you had taken the trouble to look up the etymology of the word gasoline from your Oxford Dictionary, you would have discovered that it derives from the name of one your countryman, Cassell, not from
the word gas. I can't put up the article here as it's copyrighted so you'll have to look it up yourself, Mr. Ignorant.

PhilX

That's highly debateable (and sounds far-fetched). Is a three-syllable word too much to handle? Why isn't it 'casselline'? Is this more evidence (as if any more is needed) of American idiocy?