Have You Noticed That Americans Can't Spell?

Yes I noticed and have to admit it's confusing me as well if I read discussions over here. I was thinking the way I learned to write English is old fashioned. Might be it's easier to use less letters? Or perhaps they started using the short way while texting?

*MathEmatics not Amatics.. - From An American who can Spell. I may not spell it the same as you, and respectfully I do understand your irritation towards the way we spell words, but think also how we pronounce it. We do not pronounce "colour" Ko-Lure we pronounce it Ka-Lurr, so we spell it how we pronounce it. Make sense? No offense intended, and sorry if your irritated at my jest.

When I was in school, I could not imagine walking around, telling my friends that I was going to maths class. It makes no sense to me in a sentence. I would be going to math class since it was only one class and on any given day it was usually just one thing we were learning at a time, not all of it at the same time. So I would say that in certain ways that the word math is used, it could be correct either way. Now, as for your geography...technically you really didn't specify which of the pesky Americans couldn't spell. Americans covers a wide range of people and places. North America, Central America, South America which are completely different countries and not one place altogether. If you're referring to where I'm at, in the United States of America then I would have to tell you that the English we use here is differently spelled because of all of the different nationalities that came together to speak the language and spell the language differently. This link seems to explain it better than I can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences Here is another link that I thought was interesting and really, kind of funny as to how words are spelled and spoken in any form of English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_dc65V7DV8

Hi Robs! In our country, we refer to Math as a subject which already includes all the procedures and operations under the subject. We never use it with an "s" at the and since we are learning American English in our country, we also do not put the "u" in color, humor, and flavor.

Well what I can say is that is the way I was taught in school. I was never taught the proper english as you speak of. I guess somewhere along the way in history they changed it up to what we know here in America. I guess you consider your english to be either old english or proper english. To me seeing the word colour looks funny. So I write color as I was taught. And Math is the same to me. I guess it is all relative as to how we are taught and brought up in this life.

really? well, in our country, we have been using the word "math" in school. but when we say the whole word, its "mathematics". and also the word "color", "humor", "behavior". to think that we have english language being taught in school. didn't really knew that was the right one.

Quite, and not only that they drive on the French side of the road! Call horrible dry cupcakes, muffins. Petrol, which is a liquid they refer to as gas, now where's the sense in that? all the best, urban

There have even been discussions on here about school coriculum changing to disenclude learning to write. I have noticed online that English is slashed all the time. It is very frustrating and degrading to the English written language. I doubt that anything will change. People are too self involved now days.

Yes I see them... they also some like to post in text talk as we call it here in mexico.

I was born and raised in America, and am even currently proudly serving in the US Army, but I never have and never will understand our spelling system. It really does not make any sense. We add letters to words that we don't even use, and drop letters from words that need them. There's all these different rules and exceptions to the rules, and nothing is ever spelled or pronounced or even used the way it should be. It is ridiculous to me.