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Blaziken rjcf wrote: Madlooney6 wrote:

Blaziken rjcf wrote:

Madlooney6 wrote: I highly recommend reading the rest, it goes into more detail. One thing about AE is the way that Aluminium is said, the AE spelling is the same as the BE but is said differently for. Part of the word is missed out for some reason. It's just the natural evolution of a language. Why is "doughnut" spelled "donut"? You might say it's due to laziness, but what about "burglarized"? I put that in a post on this discussion already. Burglarized is a pretty stupid word. Considering most AE words that differ from their BE counterparts are shorter or have a letter changed, why make burgled even longer? I think that is why Americans don't British humour. I know you had already mentioned it. I was making a point using a word I learned through your post.

I didn't realise, sorry. I heard burglarized on Family Guy and I just thought it is burgled, not burglarized.