@Ushindi and Ash: Probably no one would be raising this spectre at all if the apparent average ability (or willingness) of U.S. citizens to spell correctly wasn’t going downhill fast. Some find this alarming, and at the end of the day, I don’t blame them.
Of course, that still doesn’t mean there’s a rule enforcing Standard American English here. We don’t know where everyone’s from or what everyone has to deal with. This is one of those cases where we’d do best to judge ourselves rather than others. I’m as picky as I know how to be with my own spelling and grammar, and then try to set a good example thereby.
@fesarlazasoto: Sure, you can post in Castillian if you like, but not every norteamericano here can puzzle out Spanish with the aid of some knowledge of Latin roots! :)
@Ushindi and Ash: Probably no one would be raising this spectre at all if the apparent average ability (or willingness) of U.S. citizens to spell correctly wasn’t going downhill fast. Some find this alarming, and at the end of the day, I don’t blame them.
Of course, that still doesn’t mean there’s a rule enforcing Standard American English here. We don’t know where everyone’s from or what everyone has to deal with. This is one of those cases where we’d do best to judge ourselves rather than others. I’m as picky as I know how to be with my own spelling and grammar, and then try to set a good example thereby.
@fesarlazasoto: Sure, you can post in Castillian if you like, but not every norteamericano here can puzzle out Spanish with the aid of some knowledge of Latin roots! :)