World History: Europe, Asia, and NA

[Sharpe]

That's the truth right there. We speak English because we used to be a British colony. I wouldn't say that 'so much of the world was colonised by England' since there were the Dutch as well as the Portuguese before the English and the Dutch, but yep, England has a lot of colonies back in the day. Heck, if WWII didn't end in Japanese surrender we'd be speaking Japanese now and I'll probably be partying with the JPs on their primetime.

That's why you find that the official type of English being used in many places as British English. However, due to the pervasiveness of Hollywood and MS Office spell checks, a lot more people who do not know the difference use American English in non official matters.

The British Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen and covered approx 1/3 of the world's land surface.

Empire in 1921

 

[Jeska]

That's why you find that the official type of English being used in many places as British English. However, due to the pervasiveness of Hollywood and MS Office spell checks, a lot more people who do not know the difference use American English in non official matters.

I still use traditional UK spellings of word despite having lived in north america for many years now.

 

[Xalioniaf]

Check that out. They had Hawai'i once.

 

[Sharpe]

I still use traditional UK spellings of word despite having lived in north america for many years now.

I always thought Canada used British spellings anyway? I hate it when PC's tell me i've spelt something wrong when I blatantly haven't, it just wants to change every "s" to "z" and take out "u"s.

 

[Neisan]

That map is faulty, where's my island? ; ;

 

[Genkaku]

I always thought Canada used British spellings anyway? I hate it when PC's tell me i've spelt something wrong when I blatantly haven't, it just wants to change every "s" to "z" and take out "u"s.

For the most part. When we do use some US spelling of words, no one usually mentions it, unless they are a stickler for spelling.

Yeah, stupid PC's. Its Armour, not Armor.

In school you could get away with spelling it either way, because if the teacher asked you why it was wrong, you just said thats how you spell it, and they assume you came from the states lol.

 

[Tristam Green]

The British Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen and covered approx 1/3 of the world's land surface.

Empire in 1921

Spoiler:

This is something I've wondered, and have never really asked anyone from Britain. Do schools teach about the American Revolution there? And how do they handle it? Here, it's effectively along the lines of the attached pic.

 

[Sharpe]

This is something I've wondered, and have never really asked anyone from Britain. Do schools teach about the American Revolution there? And how do they handle it? Here, it's effectively along the lines of the attached pic.

It's not something covered by most normal history classes, unless you take American history at College/Uni. It's handled in an unbiased way though. We aren't really arsed about losing America. Hardly easy to control such a place when sending troops etc took as long as it did.

 

[Tristam Green]

It's not something covered by most normal history classes, unless you take American history at College/Uni. It's handled in an unbiased way though. We aren't really arsed about losing America. Hardly easy to control such a place when sending troops etc took as long as it did.

lol yep. that's how they teach in colleges here, that it wasn't so much a "HEY AMERICA HANDED YOU GUYS YOUR ASSES", moreso a "their Empire was spread too thin too soon".

 

[Raesvelg]

Yeah, from what my old friends in the British education system remarked, history classes through most of their primary education treated the American Revolution as something of a non-event, which is unsurprising really. Nobody likes being reminded of wars they lost, after all.

Not quite as bad as Japan, whose history classes for the 1930-50 time period frequently bear little association with reality.

 

[Genkaku]

Not quite as bad as Japan, whose history classes for the 1930-50 time period frequently bear little association with reality.

As far as I am concerned. All Japanese wars, past and present are done by the sword.

Canadian history classes dont even mention the American Revolution. Or maybe I was just sleeping through it.

 

[Sharpe]

Yeah, from what my old friends in the British education system remarked, history classes through most of their primary education treated the American Revolution as something of a non-event.

To be honest most history classes pre-College (16-18) don't do the American Revolution because of it being a non-event, not because we don't like being reminded of a defeat, but because British history is so long and varied there's far more important aspects that shaped who we are as a people. The Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Tudors, English Civil War, War of the Roses etc.

 

[Raesvelg]

That and, y'know, you lost.

lulz.

Besides, we're getting off track here. No need to remind our British cousins that they lost to us once and couldn't take us in the rematch either. ^_~

We're supposed to be focusing on how monstrous the JPs are, after all.

 

[Genkaku]

To be honest most history classes pre-College (16-18) don't do the American Revolution because of it being a non-event, not because we don't like being reminded of a defeat, but because British history is so long and varied there's far more important aspects that shaped who we are as a people. The Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Tudors, English Civil War, War of the Roses etc.

When they invented 'Tea Time'

 

[Grandphoenix]

English, Japanese, and German are also supposed to be the top three languages used in our world of international business quite often.

 

[Sharpe]

That and, y'know, you lost.

lulz.

Besides, we're getting off track here. No need to remind our British cousins that they lost to us once and couldn't take us in the rematch either. ^_~

We're supposed to be focusing on how monstrous the JPs are, after all.

You should just be glad we went to the states anyway. Most of you would be stuck living over here otherwise

 

[Raesvelg]

True. And British food is even worse than American food... /shudder...

 

[Altheya]

The British Empire was the largest empire the world has ever seen and covered approx 1/3 of the world's land surface.

Empire in 1921

Well, I wasn't meaning that the British Empire was small or anything. Just wanted to throw in the Dutch in there since they were right next door to us. >.>

 

[Propagandhi]

Yeah, stupid PC's. Its Armour, not Armor.

AMEN.

This is something I've wondered, and have never really asked anyone from Britain. Do schools teach about the American Revolution there? And how do they handle it? Here, it's effectively along the lines of the attached pic.

Canadian history classes dont even mention the American Revolution.

That is correct, but we do have American history courses that aren't mandatory, but available.

Besides, we're getting off track here. No need to remind our British cousins that they lost to us once and couldn't take us in the rematch either. ^_~

Hey now, don't forget about the War of 1812. They just need some Canadians by their side.

 

[Tristam Green]

Hey now, don't forget about the War of 1812. They just need some Canadians by their side.

"The rematch"