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[TD1]

Who do I need to forummite?

Me, please. Either miner or Warforumite.

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

[Glass]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

[Carefulrogue]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

We still don't understand why you people insist that color needs an extra letter. 

[Enemy post]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

We still don't understand why you people insist that color needs an extra letter.

It's because neither side is willing to speak the true name of Ko-Lore, Dark Lord of Crayons.

[TD1]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

We still don't understand why you people insist that color needs an extra letter.

The same dictionaries which enforced the change (in order to build American separateness) also proposed medicin and examin.

So....why do we all insist that medicin needs an extra letter?

[apiks]

I'm pretty sure that's what most people who don't have English as their first language have a problem with. A great amount of letters in the English language that simply should be gone in a large number of words.

[Glass]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

We still don't understand why you people insist that color needs an extra letter.

"You people"?

...congratulations, SM, you actually tricked someone into thinking that you're British.

[Carefulrogue]

Also, the English language butchered the Romance Languages and the Germanic Languages.

And was, in turn, butchered by the Americans.

I can attest to that. SM will attest to it, and has been doing as such for a while.

We still don't understand why you people insist that color needs an extra letter.

"You people"?

...congratulations, SM, you actually tricked someone into thinking that you're British.

I hoped to phrase that in a way I capture "you people" as those that use British English, and "we" that use American English.  Apparently, I've failed.

[TD1]

I'm pretty sure that's what most people who don't have English as their first language have a problem with. A great amount of letters in the English language that simply should be gone in a large number of words.

Wasn't always like that. Largely came about as a result of 17th century onwards standardisation of the written language, but not spoken.

Could be worse, though. In England, especially the south, they've largely lost rhoticity (in other words, they don't pronounce the "r" in many words. Car becomes Caə (Cah), etc). Strangely, American English often retains rhoticity. Many differences between English and American aren't because of new changes, but because English has changed since Americans first took it up.

I realise I just went on a bit, but I find this stuff interesting

[Gwolfski]

Add dictionaries. They should make people uneasily.

[Glass]

I'm pretty sure that's what most people who don't have English as their first language have a problem with. A great amount of letters in the English language that simply should be gone in a large number of words.

Wasn't always like that. Largely came about as a result of 17th century onwards standardisation of the written language, but not spoken.

Could be worse, though. In England, especially the south, they've largely lost rhoticity (in other words, they don't pronounce the "r" in many words. Car becomes Caə (Cah), etc). Strangely, American English often retains rhoticity. Many differences between English and American aren't because of new changes, but because English has changed since Americans first took it up.

I realise I just went on a bit, but I find this stuff interesting

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Shakespeare didn't sign his name consistently - that is, you could have four genuine Shakespeare signatures and they could each have his name spelled in a different way.

[Smoke Mirrors]

Hey Pikachu, before Rosy kills you, can you drop it off at my office? I feel like studying it. I want to figure out what it's magic colors are.

[Carefulrogue]

I'm pretty sure that's what most people who don't have English as their first language have a problem with. A great amount of letters in the English language that simply should be gone in a large number of words.

Wasn't always like that. Largely came about as a result of 17th century onwards standardisation of the written language, but not spoken.

Could be worse, though. In England, especially the south, they've largely lost rhoticity (in other words, they don't pronounce the "r" in many words. Car becomes Caə (Cah), etc). Strangely, American English often retains rhoticity. Many differences between English and American aren't because of new changes, but because English has changed since Americans first took it up.

I realise I just went on a bit, but I find this stuff interesting

I find it interesting when someone can make it simple enough to understand.

[pikachu17]

..and, finally,

I'm in complete control!!!!!

should end with a single exclamation point.

It is a reference to Discworld, where five exclamation points denote insanity. As long as I am insane, it is accurate.

Bonus:

I won't do quite the same thing to myself, but...

I did say "I won't do quite the same thing to myself, but if 3 grammar or misspelling mistakes of mine are discovered in posts after this, Rosywander will slit my throat". Do the words 'after this' mean anything to you?

Rosywander is my friend; he would never betray me

I fixed that for you; you need to use a semicolon to separate phrases that can be used as individual sentences, not a comma.

EDIT: By the way, would you please get a new forumite for me? His name should be Vladimir "Nox" Golubev (the name - and nickname - of the most awesome XCOM unit that I have ever had), and he should, if at all possible, be the best crossbowmite in the fort.
...is crossbowmite the correct term? I am not quite sure.

Oh, dear. One life down. Second life down from spelling forumite 'Forummite'.
Yeah, I can give you the best crossbowman we have. S/He's not that good, though.
I can forumite Smoke Mirrors as Quill Arcane, but he'll not have any knife skill. I don't have any scholars either, so how about I wait on this.
Th4DwArfy:Do want to be a miner, a hammermite, or a macemite? I have one of each.

Add dictionaries. They should make people uneasily.

'uneasily'? Unless the dictionaries are creating people, and having difficulties with it, you just used incorrect grammar. Hope you like death!(although, I may soon join you.)

[apiks]

Joke's on you. Gwolfski was already executed.