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It's okay, the system is different in Australia than it is in the U.S. I keep hearing Australians refer to it as "university", so I'd assume that it's the common term there. Here, I don't really hear anyone call it that, just "college" and "school" (even in relation to a university). It's not always the case, but I think most here use "university" only in a university's name or if categorizing the place, and not really as a noun to describe all colleges.

It probably sounds weird to Nuu (and others), but it's just one of the differences between hemispheres I guess.

Not to mention, though, that Rylkan and I tend to enjoy undermining school and college, so may as well just call it by its most fundamental term.



I think I'm going to take it a step further and just call college a "place where you learn stuff".

Yeah, that works...

Both Rylkan and I go to the same place where you learn stuff.

[Charlie]

In England we have School, college and University

[Zziggywolf5]

If you arn't a native English speaker and haven't learnt the difference, yes.

Bah, you don't speak proper English, either. You speak Aussie English. Charlie and her British/English peers are the ones who speak correct English.

Oh, and welcome back Chaz and Rylkan.

[Charlie]

If you arn't a native English speaker and haven't learnt the difference, yes.

Bah, you don't speak proper English, either. You speak Aussie English. Charlie and her British/English peers are the ones who speak correct English.

Oh, and welcome back Chaz and Rylkan.

Init

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Yeah.

I be ofe to goe hav ma cup o' rozy lea.

[Rohtaren]

i would imagine that "correct" english no longer exists, as it is a language based on old english (at least i think) and even then, many things have changed since even midevil times (forgive me if i spelled it worng) such as pretty much nobody uses "thus" or "thy" or "thou" anymore. languages change, an i think that the original form of each language is the actual "correct" language.

[Zziggywolf5]

i would imagine that "correct" english no longer exists, as it is a language based on old english (at least i think) and even then, many things have changed since even midevil times (forgive me if i spelled it worng) such as pretty much nobody uses "thus" or "thy" or "thou" anymore. languages change, an i think that the original form of each language is the actual "correct" language.

So I guess correct English is Old English.

[Goto]

Actually all that 'ye olde' stuff is Modern English. If you're talking about Old English it was a language written using runes, and sounded more like German than it did English. As for 'Proper' English, there are various Standard forms of the language that are regarded as correct from a prescriptivist approach. There's an American Standard, an Australian Standard, a British Standard, etc. The thing you have to remember is that they're all as old as each other, English evolves in England just as it does anywhere else, and they're all derived from the same source. Standard dialects are also independent of accent, so anyone can speak them if they've been brought up learning the right rules. Just about nobody here speaks a completely Standard dialect though, I know I certainly don't. Which is fine, because linguistically the Standards are in no way superior to any other language variation. They do make it easier to communicate with others, but at the same time they stifle creativity. This is known as descriptivism, the approach that languages evolve with time and should be allowed to do so, and that value judgements shouldn't be made about somebodies language choices.

Whee, with any luck that'll stop people arguing over the word choices of others a little. It's true that over here in Oz it's usually more common to refer to it as Uni. It's a bit confusing because some high schools refer to themselves as colleges (usually the private ones, because it sounds more prestigious I guess) and so the same words mean different things in different places. I certainly wouldn't have any problem with referring to Uni/College as school though, as Darkness pointed out it can still apply to them. Although in the interest of fairness I should point out that his reference is of course most likely going to be according to American Standard.