09-18-2012, 10:43 PM
I don't see it as any different from accents. I've picked up international sayings and spellings as well. It reflects how much more united our world is becoming (despite the outrage of many factions from all around the world that hate the idea).
Though I grew up in a really small East Texas town (so small most maps don't even list it and it depends on the county for most services a city would normally provide) and things have changed very little since I was last there in the 90s (and I understand it hasn't changed much for many decades, unless you count newer model trucks and guns, even factory farming hasn't caught on yet). Imagine my surprise when I visited last summer in 2011 and some complained about my "speaking like a valley girl" and then finding out it was because I was using British slang and expressions from Harry Potter (at least I did so with a Texas accent).
'Course in that town you can get in trouble for "sounding like a Yankee" (at least back in the 90s you could). So I guess how you spell "colour" WOULD upset some people...
Though I grew up in a really small East Texas town (so small most maps don't even list it and it depends on the county for most services a city would normally provide) and things have changed very little since I was last there in the 90s (and I understand it hasn't changed much for many decades, unless you count newer model trucks and guns, even factory farming hasn't caught on yet). Imagine my surprise when I visited last summer in 2011 and some complained about my "speaking like a valley girl" and then finding out it was because I was using British slang and expressions from Harry Potter (at least I did so with a Texas accent).
'Course in that town you can get in trouble for "sounding like a Yankee" (at least back in the 90s you could). So I guess how you spell "colour" WOULD upset some people...
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