Comments | twilightclarity: Gradually Americanised (but not yet Americanized)

twilightclarity

Gradually Americanised (but not yet Americanized)

Nov 23, 2008 21:54

I've realised that I no longer bother to convert temperatures from the weather forecasts into Centigrade/Celsius (not being sure which of those is the weather temperature has nothing to do with coming to America, though; I never knew which "C" stood for there). More troubling to me is no longer being able to remember which spelling is English and ( Read more... )

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m_j_sullivan November 24 2008, 08:28:38 UTC

The mnemonic i’ve been using is that practice/practise follows advice/advise, as far as the noun/verb thing goes. Others’ usage may vary.

helen4morrissey November 24 2008, 11:21:33 UTC

That's great!

frightened November 24 2008, 10:46:30 UTC

C is noun, S is verb.

COME HOME! THEY ARE EATING YOUR BRAIN!

helen4morrissey November 24 2008, 11:20:33 UTC

For the practice/practise thing, I drummed it into my head by thinking how 'he is practicing' could be pronounced 'he is practiking', which is clearly not right. Something like that. Not very logical, but hey!

muzikchik13 November 26 2008, 02:44:18 UTC

::gasp!:: you spell authorize with an "s"!!!!!