Is there any way to sell alcohol?

Spoonie_Turtle

martindow said:

DullGreyGuy said:
Being realistic we are vastly outnumbered, most that learn English as a second language will learn US spellings. The writing is somewhat on the wall and especially as there is no signular guardian of the language like there is in Spain and France for their respective language. 

They haven't had a great deal of success, though, in preventing the arrival of anglicisms in French and Spanish.  The Academie Francaise deprecates the use of words and expressions, suggesting French equivalents, but it cannot control the everyday usage of the language.

Indeed - people's usage is what defines a language, not a set of prescriptive rules.  Even dictionaries (which most people view as authoritative) are descriptions and definitions of how language is actually used - words and definitions don't make it into the dictionary without evidence of them being in natural usage.

DullGreyGuy

ballisticbrian said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Spelling in English wasn't standardised until 1755, Welsh has been changed many times with several changes put in in the 1880s to make printing easier (eg Trefelin became Trevelin), the letter J is an even newer adoption from the English. 

Being realistic we are vastly outnumbered, most that learn English as a second language will learn US spellings. The writing is somewhat on the wall and especially as there is no signular guardian of the language like there is in Spain and France for their respective language. 

Chances I am having a converstaion with A.I.> : 97.2%   

I'm happy for someone to consider the responses are based on intelligence, artificial or otherwise.