"U" have no idea.
By Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
Peoria, Arizona
September 27, 2016 9:31am CST
So, I apparently get people questioning when I use U's or hyphens (occasionally) in my writing.
No, I am not from over the pond, no this is not just something I do because I "wish" I was English or whatever.
I do it because I grew up watching and reading a lot of English media. My mother had a lot of books, I also grew up in the age of Harry Potter novels coming out, it kind of just rubbed off. Sometimes I do it and sometimes I don't. It is as simple as that.
It is not a thing I do on purpose, which a lot of people assume it is. I say Favourite, I will at random say to-morrow and I say "standing in a queue" people who are even from that decent will not even say things like that and I get that. Why? Because I am not trying to copy them!
So, please, if it offends you, I'm sorry. Just know I am not trying to be another race, I am not trying to be cool or whatever. It is just things I learned and were programmed into my brain at a young age. And if you got a problem, well...might as well have a problem with saying the words like taco, ego, and bonus, because they also come from other languages.
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7 responses
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
28 Sep 16
You certainly will not get any static from me, I am quite fluent in British English.
@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Sep 16
Why would how you write offend me? I do understand the difference in writing some English words. We do get things programmed into our brain. It's not like it is wrong either.
@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
27 Sep 16
People can be so judgey, lol. I hadn't noticed this in your writing. Anyway, yes what media you watch and read can make a tremendous difference in how you express yourself. We have all kinds on myLot, and it seems like no matter what there is someone who will chime in with their two cents. I think that would be a strange thing to get offended by, your putting a "u" in certain words, geez
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 16
I was going to say americans and british are the same race
That would have been serious foot in mouth disease
@Tridib14 (177)
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27 Sep 16
It's totes cool. Just ignore 'em. Oh and bye I too learnt a lot of words from 'Harry potter' novels.
But mostly I stick to using- Blimey, Reckon and Merlin's Bread or shaggy.