I'm totally unreasonably angry at the dictionary

Alytron says:
hahaha I'm totally unreasonably angry at the dictionary

Iconoclast says:
haha, why's that?

Alytron says:
Because it claims that PYJAMAS is a british variant of PAJAMAS

Alytron says:
helllooooo they INVENTED THE LANGUAGE motherfuckers, PAJAMAS is an AMERICAN variant of the proper PYJAMAS

Iconoclast says:
hahaha

Alytron says:
Well I mean, come on now, you know what I'm sayin'

Iconoclast says:
haha, i agree

Alytron says:
haha stupid American arrogance

Iconoclast says:
haha

Alytron says:
IT SAYS THAT ABOUT COLOUR TOO

Alytron says:
fuck you Merriam-Webster, I'm not using you anymore

Iconoclast says:
hahaha

Alytron says:
boycott the evil imperialist american dictionary!

Alytron says:
See, dictionary.com has it right: \Py*ja"mas\, or, chiefly U. S., Pajamas \Pa*ja"mas\,

Iconoclast says:
hasta la english language siempre! and so forth

Alytron says:
but they still fucked up colour

Iconoclast says:
haha

Alytron says:
and honour

Iconoclast says:
you should start your own dictionary

Alytron says:
I don't think they understand what 'variant of' means

Iconoclast says:
or maybe use oxford? haha

Alytron says:
variant: Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference

Alytron says:
The STANDARD is the english used the WORLD OVER, the ORIGINAL english

Iconoclast says:
haha

Alytron says:
1 new country that likes to make shit up does not a standard make

Alytron says:
See I told you I was unreasonably angry

Iconoclast says:
hahaha, it's amusing though

Obviously, an American dictionary would give preference to the American spellings and pronunciations. One would expect a proper British English dictionary to give preference to the Queen's English.

even if it's an American dictionary, there is NO EXCUSE for a DICTIONARY, of all things, to misuse words ;)

In American, pajamas is the preferred. In proper English, it's the variant. It's okay for an American dictionary to use its own language, even if the rest of the English speaking world wonders why it was altered in the first place.

(You know I'm just having fun with you, right?)

It's not preferred. It's standard. "substantially uniform and well established by usage in the speech and writing of the educated and widely recognized as acceptable"

ONE country does not a standard make.

You're just an evil imperialist pigdog. STOP IMPINGING ON MY RIGHTS AS A PROPER ENGLISH SPEAKER


(I think I know ;) )

It's called "American English."

that'd be fine.
But they DO.
Fuck em. Tryin' to enforce their inferior language on the rest of the world. FIE I SAY

:rofl:

Go ahead, :spank: my day.

:rofl:

if that one country is America. Why should Britain make the standard just because they imperialistically exported their variants all over the world? They are just one country that created an empire. If it was not for America jumping in to protect them so we could maintain our arms exports, the British would be speaking original Prussian. :P

It rots people's minds. I've always used British spellings (honour, colour, etc.) because that's how I learned to spell and it's correct. But I had a professor once call me pretentious because of it and he handed me an American dictionary. Pretentious, my arse!

Only dictionary worth a damn is the OED.

Khash.

You might find it amusing to know that my husband bought the complete unabridged OED recently.....

It is really interesting to read.....

:hi:

Complete unabridged? Expensive and takes up a lot of space, but I'm green with envy.

It really is fascinating to read.... almost addictive.


Khash.

But we have the built-in space for it, so it wasn't really a problem...

It is almost too detailed to read, if you know what I mean......

Almost TMI......

Please don't be jealous my dear.....I didn't mean to hurt you that way, or any way, for that matter.....

:loveya: :hug:

You already said I can just show up on your doorstep... So when I do, I'll just read your dictionary :)

Khash.

We probably have 1000 books......and a lovely guest room with adjoining bath.....

:loveya: :hug:

There's no such thing as standard, or proper, English.

Americans need to learn to use metric, as well. Especially for temperatures. °C > °F

Everything sounds bigger in centimeters.



Uh... centimetres.



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