What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[MrPopo]

You could go to class and sleep through it while snoring really bad.

[Sload Soap]

He's the kind that insists one might "learn something new".

Well, you might learn we usually put the period within the quotations at the end of a sentence. So you might "learn something new."

That's an American thing. If he learnt British English then that'd be acceptable.

[Ack]

He's the kind that insists one might "learn something new".

Well, you might learn we usually put the period within the quotations at the end of a sentence. So you might "learn something new."

That's an American thing. If he learnt British English then that'd be acceptable.

Ah, British people. They think they're real people.

[Sload Soap]

Our language, our rules. Sorry about that.

[MrPopo]

They like to pronounce "re" as "er" at the end of words. Therefore their opinions are defunct.

[Stark]

They like to pronounce "re" as "er" at the end of words. Therefore their opinions are defunct.

How else would you prefer we pronounce "spectre" or "lucre?"

[Erik_Twice]

Well, you might learn we usually put the period within the quotations at the end of a sentence. So you might "learn something new."

English, not American

I do talk like an American, though. I pronounce words and write them like a British would but I don't use British ideioms or curse like a Brit would. I don't know if it's very noticiable.

[MrPopo]

They like to pronounce "re" as "er" at the end of words. Therefore their opinions are defunct.

How else would you prefer we pronounce "spectre" or "lucre?"

Either spell it specter or don't invent nonsense words like "lucre".

[Stark]

Either spell it specter or don't invent nonsense words like "lucre".

Acre, pyre?

[MrPopo]

Either spell it specter or don't invent nonsense words like "lucre".

Acre, pyre?

Less egregious as flipping the e and r create words that don't look like they're pronounced the way they are. Acer looks like ace-er and pyer looks like puh-yer.