Mould or mold?

Flintlock Whiskey · Nov 10, 2022

TDM said:
Mould is the English spelling of mold. Both can be used for bread mould/mold or bullet mould/mold.
My spelling is so poor I probably and an e to it sometimes.

Kind of like how they spell colour.

Mark E. Prickett · Nov 10, 2022

My grammar sucks so it's nice to know I can be wrong and still be correct.

B P Arn · Nov 10, 2022

Tyres is another one!

B P Arn · Nov 10, 2022

Your and you're and to, too, and two seem to give trouble to a lot of folks.

Same for who and whom.

1950DAVE · Nov 10, 2022

Would or wold? Mouth or moth? Rout or root? We could go on.
I love puns. Different spelling can change meanings, but, then again it may not.

Notchy Bob · Nov 10, 2022

jimhallam said:
Pity that some people can't get past 1776.
One thing to remember about your Constitution (NOT A CRITICISM!!!) is that it was written by what we in the UK would have called "Upper Class" people, landed gentry with estates maintained by "peasants" and slaves. Hence the structure of the Constitution to protect the status quo -- - again this is a comment, NOT A CRITICISM. This class system still exists to some extent in the UK.

English spellings varied until the development of dictionaries and newspapers.
As far as "American" spelling, of course the changes really started when Webster's Dictionary was published in 1828, but the major changes were a result of "rationalisation" by a later President -- TDR in 1906 with his Executive Order mandating "reformed spelling". There is a good explanation on the History Channel.

Can we all not agree that there are bound to be differences of opinion on SO many matters, but that little is accomplished by focus on chipped shoulders ?

I enjoyed your post, @jimhallam ! I think it's good to get the perspective of our forum members from overseas.

I recently started re-reading the Constitution of the United States. I like to do that every now and then, but it is not the kind of thing I can read in one sitting. Here is a link to the document on a US Government website: The Constitution of the United States

A note at the top of the page states The spelling and punctuation [in the transcript] reflect the original. If you can't stand reading James Fenimore Cooper, you might have a struggle getting through our Constituton, but it's worth it. There is a lot to digest, and we don't need to get into all of that here. However, I did spot the words "behaviour" (note the "u"...British spelling...) and "chuse" (meaning "choose") in the transcription online. I have not found "mould" or "mold" in it yet, but I think I can guess which spelling the Founding Fathers would have used.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

Notchy Bob · Nov 10, 2022

1950DAVE said:
I love puns. Different spelling can change meanings, but, then again it may not.

I live in a rural area, and actually saw the following on a leader board in front of a local Presbyterian church:

Jesus is coming. Except him.

Notchy Bob

1950DAVE · Nov 10, 2022

Accept/except, how often they are misused. We just have to except the fact that many of us are ignorant of English spelling or meaning. Not to stray too far but many accepted Trump, many others excepted him.

springfield art · Nov 10, 2022

Erwan said:
What a complication, guys, why can't you say "Moule" and "Moisissure" like everyone else...
It's very simple in French: "Moule" is a tool for molding balls and "Moule" is a bivalve mollusk (mussel)...

Why get lost in foreign languages with double-meaning words when French is so simple and easy?

Oui!

springfield art · Nov 10, 2022

Rich44 said:
For 78 years I've never had a problem with understanding mold or mould. Now for the rest of my life I will doubt, I knew I should not have opened this post!!

In another 78 years, we'll ALL be 'mold'! Or at least moldy.

Rifleman1776 · Nov 10, 2022

planefixer da50 said:
we speak American/ your state. we fought a war not to speak english, my 2$

The maternal side of my parentage was French Canadian. I was raised using "thee" and "thou". Got away from it somewhere along the line.

tenngun · Nov 10, 2022

jimhallam said:
Pity that some people can't get past 1776.
One thing to remember about your Constitution (NOT A CRITICISM!!!) is that it was written by what we in the UK would have called "Upper Class" people, landed gentry with estates maintained by "peasants" and slaves. Hence the structure of the Constitution to protect the status quo -- - again this is a comment, NOT A CRITICISM. This class system still exists to some extent in the UK.

English spellings varied until the development of dictionaries and newspapers.
As far as "American" spelling, of course the changes really started when Webster's Dictionary was published in 1828, but the major changes were a result of "rationalisation" by a later President -- TDR in 1906 with his Executive Order mandating "reformed spelling". There is a good explanation on the History Channel.

Can we all not agree that there are bound to be differences of opinion on SO many matters, but that little is accomplished by focus on chipped shoulders ?

That’s not fully true. The southern delegation was made up of slave owners. While wealthy the men of the north can not be compared to English lords. And they knew the tendancy would be to produce an elitist system, they designed the constitution and the first ten amendments to specifically get around that.

Jay Templin · Nov 10, 2022

I believe it was Mark Twain who said “I have no respect for a man who can just spell a word one way.”

Jay

BadDaditood · Nov 10, 2022

QuinnTheEskimo said:
No offense to the Brits among us but I avoid any of their odd spellings or pronunciations and stick to the American forms.

I especially like how us yanks mangle French… like ‘cootermints

gunnyr · Nov 11, 2022

People If I wasn't confused before now , I am at this point udderly confused.
gunny

Tenring · Nov 11, 2022

Mould as it is spelled with out even seeing this post or even giving it a second thought just is the right way to pronounce and or spell I would think.

david w · Nov 11, 2022

B P Arn said:
Tyres is another one!

I draw the line at aluminium.

longcruise · Nov 11, 2022

Jay Templin said:
I believe it was Mark Twain who said “I have no respect for a man who can just spell a word one way.”
Jay

I've also seen a version that goes, "it isn't much of a word that can't be spelled. Ore than one way".

wganz · Nov 11, 2022

jimhallam said:
One thing to remember about your Constitution (NOT A CRITICISM!!!) is that it was written by what we in the UK would have called "Upper Class" people, landed gentry with estates maintained by "peasants" and slaves. Hence the structure of the Constitution to protect the status quo -- - again this is a comment, NOT A CRITICISM. This class system still exists to some extent in the UK.

it is true that the Constitution was written by educated men and I'm glad for it

the structure of the Constitution was based on the Presbyterian church's organization and you will find your country's press even called the American Revolution by a different name, "The Presbyterian Revolt" due to about 3/4ths of the Continental Army being Presbyterian deacons & elders. And, hate to let you in on this secret, the Constitution was create a more perfect union and document human rights granted to us by God. A key point that foreigners fail to grok is that our citizens have inalienable rights and the federal/state governments are given limited powers. If there is a conflict between the two, the rights of the people are superior to some bureaucrat's power.

Colonial Boy · Nov 11, 2022

TDM said:
Down here we just say “y’all” and conserve our “u”s.

Ah!! U’s conservationists.

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