That’s probably true of the spoken language; American spelling, on the other hand, has changed more than British spelling. This is mostly a result of Noah Webster’s attempts to simplify it.
King James Version Bibles generally follow the spelling of the 1769 Oxford printing, and the spelling is definitely closer to current British English than to American. Andy > On May 17, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know that you joke here, but I had an interesting dinner conversation in > London last year with erudite, scholarly friends who shared with me that > recent research supports a different view of the "barbaric Americanised false > English" that is the prevailing sentiment you share. > > According to the scholars they mentioned, "American English" is indeed a > true, pure, "real" English; just one from a time-capsule, an English from > 1776 that did not advance significantly since American independence. This > view suggests that were a BBC presenter and an American to travel back to > meet with King George, it would be the American who sounded "right" and not > the other way around. > > This time-capsule argument is not an argument against modern evolved English, > but it is an interesting notion of a living language in the homeland might > become a historical artifact through cargo culting in the breakaway colony. > Insightful as to human psychology and something to remember amongst the > lessons of wisdom. > > Michael > (a barbaric American-English 1776 throwback ;-) > > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 9:41 AM <ma...@madra.net <mailto:ma...@madra.net>> > wrote: > Spare a thought for those of us who actually speak and write 'proper' English > and not that American version used in all programming languages. > > We get to write in our own language but have to remember to spell half the > words wrong! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/1e22042e-9ac0-404f-be30-eaa495ae11dd%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/1e22042e-9ac0-404f-be30-eaa495ae11dd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Michael T. Jones > michael.jo...@gmail.com <mailto:michael.jo...@gmail.com> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALoEmQxZ9FukdODzXUfas4%2BqyC3csGW4voN4fZ4QVX37EYAcgw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALoEmQxZ9FukdODzXUfas4%2BqyC3csGW4voN4fZ4QVX37EYAcgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/3DB72A38-0530-459C-A1DD-59F88BA2A0E7%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
