tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post2904793896714278168..comments2013-02-25T09:16:38.483-08:00Comments on Impressions...: The man who changed American EducationMichael Serafin-St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-52072067588391107052008-03-23T22:26:00.000-07:002008-03-23T22:26:00.000-07:00It was reading the first books by Ian Fleming (Jam...It was reading the first books by Ian Fleming (James Bond) that gave me a taste of Britishisms... "tyre" "boot" "bonnet" "windscreen" "kerb" "colour" "honour" and others... later editions sometimes adjusted these for American readers and sometimes did not... I was young and confusable, and was therefore confused, but there was something charming about these things at the same time. Anyhow, English/American is a dialect, and so is American/English... and both remain complicated and irrational even after Webster and McGuffey and every other effort... and it's great! We can confuse everybody!Michael Serafin-St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222406476906035537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637424122529724129.post-5468564891807639242008-03-23T13:49:00.000-07:002008-03-23T13:49:00.000-07:00I failed to comment about your choices of perferen...I failed to comment about your choices of perference of english vs british spellings. british spellings, to me, are fine in britain, but pretentious here. The thing about our founding fathers, including Webster, was that they had this vision of what being an American was. And it was usually anything that was not British. And their vision was absolutely inculcated into us here, so it is gospel with me: what they say is Truth. <BR/><BR/>I wish you'd give up those british spellings!<BR/><BR/>I like this post a lot.Andreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159511912645034019noreply@blogger.com