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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Spelling Variation! Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11  Well it seemed that Shay had made it with not a moment to spare. As soon as her textbook had touched the desk, class was in session. So they would be learning as if in an American muggle school. Shay wasn't exactly excited about that. She had finally escaped American muggle schools and now she had relive it? Her mood brightened when she discovered what they would be talking about. Shay was fascinated by the differences between American and British everything. Words, food, humor........everything
To make up for her almost tardiness, Shay made it a point to raise her hand immediately. This was a topic that she could comment on. "I can think of two words off the top of my head. Honor and honour, favor and favour. That extra u likes to pop up in British words." That was one of the things that Shay had had to get used to upon her arrival at Hogwarts. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Katy grinned at the subject. Not specific to Muggles, but at least she could speak on it a bit. She'd been spending time with a particularly idiotic American lately, and it had not gone unnoticed that he had some bizarre sayings and spellings of which she'd taken note.
She raised her hand. "Professor, what about grey? We spell it with an 'e', and the Americans spell it with an 'a'."
SPOILER!!: Same object, different words! Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Mason simply nodded his head after the Professor had declined his offer to help and turned around to find a place to sit. More students had entered the room by this time and the seventh year sat down at a desk near the front row.
As he sat down, he had wished he had taken his book with him he was currently reading but he had left it under his pillow because he had two free periods when this class was over. Of course, they were for his planned studying for his N.E.W.Ts but he had also planned a half hour free reading in.
Luckily, it didn't took long before class begun because with a book, Mason was usually bored out of his mind while waiting. Oooh! He knew where this topic was going! The Professor had told him personally that they would be covering this one day.
He thought back to their conversation. He was sure she had told him some examples but which ones were they again. He thought and thought. Had almost given up when it came to him. "American's say sweater and we say jumper!" he said excitedly , it was rare for him to answer in Muggle Studies so he had almost forgotten to raise his hand which he did but AFTER he had answered the question. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady of Light Ooooh, English. How interesting. Etta noted down all the extra information that the professor mentioned first. She'd need these notes for OWLs anyway so better to be prepared, yeah? Then, she considered the question. After spending quite a bit of time with the Americans lately, Etta had noticed a few differences obviously. She raised a hand before answering the question.
"Uh. The word 'colour', professor? We spell it 'colour' and they spell it 'color'." She'd noticed a lot of pronunciation differences as well but decided to stick with one example for now. The girl sat back against her seat and listened quietly to the other students give their answers. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Goodness, what was up with Skylar lately? She used to be early for all her classes and while she wasn't arriving late, she was arriving with barely anytime to get settled before the Professor started the lesson. This was so unlike her and the fourth year had to wonder if this was going to be the remainder of her Hogwarts education. No, no, she just needed to get a new system down. Her classes and subject matter was getting more challenging, so that just meant she needed revise her study timetables.
And it seemed the topic of choice today was American English versus British English, to which Skylar felt grateful for Brent and Felicity right about now, because of what she'd already learned from them and there was still much more. They were referring to spelling differences first, which meant while chips and fries referred to the same thing as she recalled from her summer lunch, they were different words, so that didn't count, did it?
Someone mentioned the U added to certain words, like honour and favour. And Etta mentioned colour and Katherine mentioned the gray versus grey.
Raising her hand, once she finally had an example, Skylar spoke up, "The thing with American English compared to British English is that American English spelling simplifies things and its very pronunciation based. British English prefers the original spelling, so like the word 'cheque', referring to examining something in order to determine its accuracy or quality, is spelled c-h-e-c-k with American English because that's how they sound it out, but it's c-h-e-q-u-e with British spellers." And that was way more information than she intended. Alright, Brent. Felicity. You two should be proud! Quote:
Originally Posted by Govoni With a nod to Jessa, who'd joined her and Stasya not too long after she'd taken her seat, Olivia immediately began zoning out. Again, she didn't care about the papers...since if it was important, they's learn about it soon enough. What she DID care about, however, was that she'd skipped breakfast and her stomach was choosing that exact moment to make its annoyance known. It was growling pretty loud...
SIGH.
Resting her forehead on the table surface, the blonde exhaled a shaky breath. She'd have snack after class. It wasn't the end of the world. Oh, and Professor Stewart was speaking to her....about washing her face. Um, no. No, thank you. Did the older lady see this eyeliner game? These wings hadn't created themselves. Nor had she woken up with this dewy glow. Makeup was hard at work here... "Thank you, Professor Stewart." Though Liv would not be taking her up on the offer, it was still considerate.
....and because her stomach was still LOUDLY protesting... Olivia tried to keep her blushing to a minimum. Gah, how much trouble would she get in for eating a snack in class?....because...she was pretty sure she still had those granola bars from last week in her bag...
Gurgle, gurgle...
"Crisps, Professor Stewart. They are called potato chips in America." And Liv knew this because she'd been to Disney World in Florida, with her father and Rooney, and there were loads of vendors that sold that type of thing. Fizzy drinks, lollies.... Oh. "...and I think they call their food items other differing names like 'soda' for a fizzy drink, and chips for 'french fries."............but aaaaaaaaaalso..."Many of our words contain the u because that is the original spelling, as our words came first." England was settled before the Americas and everything, so... "Anyway, I think American English changed because of the person who drafted their dictionary."
What? She paid attention to history things. "I don't think this affects our world too much, magically, because our spells are in Latin." Though, it would've been more interesting to discuss spells across languages, depending on where they were created.....Alas, Muggle Studies. Quote:
Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur Noelle had managed to slip into the class right before she could be considered late. It was due to prefect duties though. She'd been helping a younger student whose spell had gone array.
Blushing because she was standing when the professor started speaking, Noelle slid into a seat beside Shay. She gave a little finger wiggle to say hello before pulling the necessary things out for class.
American V British seemed to be the topics most popular now. Noelle wasn't sure how Americans spelled things differently than they did. So instead, she listened to others. Hearing things sparked something to Noelle.
"Oh! They do call biscuits, biscuits. But our biscuits are definitely way different than their biscuits." Only reason she knew that was because someone had asked for a biscuit in the GH and when she'd given it to them... they'd ask what it was. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy Apparently, there was an 'include America in all lessons' streak in classes lately. Not at all surprised, Vivian tried to see if this had anything to do with the fact that there were Americans here from Ilvermorny. Perhaps their presence sparked the topic for today? In fact, it wasn't just Muggle Studies in this regard, but also History of Magic. Though, well, it made sense that these two subjects just had to do something related to them.
Still eyeing the stacks of papers on the desk and her mind sort of flying around wandering what they were for, the Slytherin blinked and looked back at the Professor when they were, also apparently, attending a grammar/English class. Hmm... what? That sounded weird. And yeah, she totally didn't know any of those American cities that the woman mentioned. Whoops. But she thankfully had ideas regarding the obvious difference, considering she had talked to an Ilvermorny student before -- just one, but that makes a whole lot of difference for the blonde -- and so Vivian didn't feel lost and clueless in today's lesson. The blonde raised her hand to share. "The Americans don't seem to like the letter 'U', Professor. They always seem to drop the letter when spelling some others," she said, nodding along with her answer. "An example would be 'favourite' and 'favorite'. We spell it with the letter 'U', but they don't." That was funny. Both words sounded alike, so it was confusing.
Teehee. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Kane just kind of...sat there, observing everyone. There was NOTHING wrong with the way Americans spelled certain words, thank you very much. Especially since the extra U everyone here seemed to love was just unnecessary!
He did have a good example, though. He raised his hand. "Well in America we refer to our mothers as 'Mom' and most British people use the word 'Mum' instead," he explained. He had heard it both ways, though, since moving here.
“Excellent examples, all of you!’’ As each of her students had raised their hands and provided their answers, Kay had neatly grouped their answers on the board. And when everyone (or most of them) had given a response, she added a few words of her own:
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Originally Posted by Whiteboard Spelling:
Honour= Honor
Favour= Favor
Colour= Color
Favourite= Favorite
Grey= Gray
Mum= Mom
Cheque= Check (can also refer to the signed paper used to obtain cash)
Centre= Center
Fibre= Fiber
Apologise= Apologize
Organise= Organize
Analyse= Analyze
Paralyse= Paralyze
Travelled= Traveled
Fuelling= Fueling
Leukaemia= Leukemia
Defence= Defense
Analogue= Analog
Word Variation:
Jumper= Sweater
Crisps= Potato Chips
Chips= French Fries
Fizzy/ Soft Drink= Soda
Biscuit= Cookie Capping the marker, Kay turned to face the class fully. “As you can see, these are ways in which certain words are spelt. For example, some words that contain ‘ou’ such as flavour, the ‘u’ is removed in the American English just as Ms Morrison alluded to. The ‘e’ is removed with ‘a’ being its replacement in words such as grey and gray. Words ending with ‘re’ are instead switched around so that it becomes ‘er’; ‘se’ ending words become ‘ze’ while words with double ‘L’s use a single ‘L’ no matter if they are used as adjectives or verbs. Where there words with double vowels such as ‘ae’ or ‘oe’, only the ‘e’ is kept. However, this does not apply to all words since ‘archaeology’ is spelt with ‘eo’ in American English and is accepted. Certain words ending with ‘ence’ are instead ended with ‘ense’ and finally, the ‘ue’ that ended a few words such as ‘analogue’ is dropped completely.’’ The professor paused. Goodness, that was quite a lot of information.
“Ms Phillips is correct when she referred to the gentleman who drafted the dictionary. His name was Noah Webster, whose dictionary published first in 1828 is one of the most prominent dictionaries used. Prior to 1828, spellings from both sides of the spellings as we discussed earlier were accepted since they were introduced in Britain through Latin and French. The reason for Webster changing the spellings? He simply wanted the American versions to be unique.
Since we have dealt with spelling, let us move onto slangs. Can each of you give the class an example or two of an American slang and try to explain what they mean?’’ By now, the Hogwartians should have picked up a few terms or slangs from the Ilvermorny visitors.
SPOILER!!: The Silent Ones! Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe The lesson was going well so far, thought Viv. Everything was printed perfectly. It was checked twice. It had to be perfect! She looked up at Professor Stewart in awe. Mr. Winslow was kind but Professor Stewart had it covered! He was so kind.
Zoryn was a tired student. Professor Stewart was puzzled. Professor Stewart also looked exhausted. Professor Stewart gave Zoryn her warm smile. Zoryn Spinnet listened to Professor Stewart. Zoryn's face was a mess. This was a lesson, not a house dormitory. She knew where Professor Stewart was coming from. Sleeping is done in beds, learning is done in the classroom.
Professor Stewart was furious at Katherine, a Slytherin. The papers had information on them about the lesson so she was impatient.
Next Cassandra arrived punctually and she took her seat.
Next was Stasya Dalgaard-Volkova. She thought the papers were for the lesson. She was right.
Next was Tenacius Salander, a Gryffindor 5th year who was full of energy. He had a secret honestly. He was was definitely ready to take the day on, wasn't he?
Next was Olivia Phillips, who was tired and Professor Stewart knew OWLs were coming up. Again, she was a napper. She told him to wash his face if he needed it.
Next was Etta Kramer. She was punctual and Professor Stewart walked away from her papers. She didn't mind. Etta was well this morning.
She was excited for Muggle Studies. She was moving on with American topics: American English. Professor Stewart moved to the white-board. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... Zoryn did her best acting, trying to pretend like she totally understood everything her Professor was going on about. But in all honesty, it kind of seemed like a suggestion. Sure sleeping and class weren't really supposed to go together. BUT LIKE, WHY WOULD SHE HAVE CLASS SO EARLY?
This was TOTALLY the Professor's fault !!!!
Just sayin'.
So no, Zoryn didn't go wash her face. Why the heck would she do that??? It's splash all the tired away and that sounded AWFUL because Zoryn needed REST not an abrupt wakeup. Plus, her face would look wet. And that was SO not the move.
Instead she went and sat down, waiting for the lesson to begin and trying SO hard to stay awake (for now). Point deduction didn't really sound that bad tbh. Might even be worth it. She could not, however, find a way to explain to her Head of House as to why she skipped class. So unfortunately for everyone, she was stuck in this classroom until the lesson was over (which would hopefully be soon because this chair was growing comfier by the second).
And instead of answering the question, she just YAWNED. And did her best to cover her mouth as she did so. Ahem. She wasn't trying to be rude.
Silent kiddos were always to be expected. As long as they were making notes and not drifting off. Eyes on you, Zoryn. The yawn was not missed. OOC: Hihihi! I'm just reminding you guys that catch up is allowed if you've missed anything  Another post will come in 24 hours! |