Some one else was discussing this on Lumberjocks. A transplanted Brit in Texas was saying that the spellings and pronunciations in the US are bastardizing the "Queen's English". A fellow Texan replied that it wasn't bastardization, it was evolving. Something to which the Brits have an aversion, apparently. 

I still like their cars and their humor. And their mystery TV shows.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Hey Gene, it stopped being the Queens English when we signed the Declaration of Independence!!!!!

Gene Howe said:

Some one else was discussing this on Lumberjocks. A transplanted Brit in Texas was saying that the spellings and pronunciations in the US are bastardizing the "Queen's English". A fellow Texan replied that it wasn't bastardization, it was evolving. Something to which the Brits have an aversion, apparently. 

I still like their cars and their humor. And their mystery TV shows.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Wasn't it Churchill that said that the USA and Britain were two countries separated by a common language?

I'll give the Limeys (and the rest of the world) credit for a much more efficient system of length/width measurement. Liters, and stones still suck, though.   

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

then go look up "cwt"

I would prefer my beer in an English Pint glass, if I could...Much better size to it. 

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

Long one or short one, Steve? 

Kinda like 12, or a bakers dozen?

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton