Why do Americans spell it 'Enterprise'?

[tokie]

Brits use the letter 's' instead of the letter 'z'. Classically, all of English used the letter z for words like 'analyze' because of the Greek roots for words.

So, given that we spell analyze instead of analyse, organization instead of organisation, etc... why do we not spell it Enterprize like it was in the past?

USS Enterprize

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Enterprize sounds gay

 

[tokie]

Enterprize sounds gay

It sounds exactly like how the word is pronounced... with a z.

Nobody says enter-preese. It is pronounced enter-prize.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

maybe one of these days we'll start spelling it correctly, Americans have already gotten rid of all the unnecessary U's in words like color and armor, as well as correcting the spelling of center (instead of centre) or shop (instead of shoppe)

 

[Dr. Zaus]

We do it with other words too.

The reason is that USA = #1 SUCKIT ENGLAND!!!!1`

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

It sounds exactly like how the word is pronounced... with a z.

Nobody says enter-preese. It is pronounced enter-prize.

Bend over and enter-preese

 

[Analog]

THIS:

 

[NoReMoRsE]

Picard said "Let's make sure history never forgets the name, 'Enterprise'." He didn't say "Enterprize".

 

[BrokenVisage]

I'll make you a deal... stop spelling math as 'maths' and color as 'colour', then I'll start telling my fellow Americans to use the Z.

 

[Blackjack200]

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense... but is it any surprise?

 

[Linflas]

Enjoy!
American and British English spelling differences

 

[Triumph]

Why? Because we saved your ass in dubya dubya two!!

 

[feralkid]

maybe one of these days we'll start spelling it correctly, Americans have already gotten rid of all the unnecessary U's in words like color and armor, as well as correcting the spelling of center (instead of centre) or shop (instead of shoppe)

Yet meanwhile, a certain group of Americans have started adopting "an historic" "re-ZORE-sez" and "TORE-nament", among other annoying retrograde pronunciations.


And wtf is up with "Process-ease" "AD-ult" and "IN surance"?














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[darkxshade]

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense... but is it any surprize?

fixed

 

[tokie]

Why? Because we saved your ass in dubya dubya two!!

Uh, you know I'm not British right?

I think we (Americans) should start spelling it with a z like we would for all the other similar words. Somehow the Brits got us to start spelling Enterprise with an S.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Yet meanwhile, a certain group of Americans have started adopting "an historic" "re-ZORE-sez" and "TORE-nament", among other annoying retrograde pronunciations.


And wtf is up with "Process-ease" "AD-ult" and "IN surance"?.

Also DI-rection, IR-regardless, and to AX a question.

 

[ImpulsE69]

You say too-mah-toe, I say global thermal nuclear war.

 

[Triumph]

Uh, you know I'm not British right?

You expect us to believe you???

 

[Red Storm]

Surprise, demise, advise, exercise, arise, etc.

It's more common then you might think.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

"IN surance"

How do you pronounce insurance?

 

[Sentrosi2121]

1. We Americans make the rules.
2. You other countries follow the rules.
That's the American way. Which, in turn, is the World way. Why? See rule #1.

 

[seepy83]

How do you pronounce insurance?

I think he's talking about putting the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble...but maybe not.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I think he's talking about putting the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble...but maybe not.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone put emphasis on the first syllable in "insurance." It seems unnecessarily hard to say.

 

[dank69]

It sounds exactly like how the word is pronounced... with a z.

Nobody says enter-preese. It is pronounced enter-prize.

enter-preese? how the fuck do you pronounce wise? weese?

 

[reallyscrued]

Not nearly as good as HAL. He could've made this last a few pages before getting totally owned.

Not surprised at your demise, but I'd advise you to devise a troll that is more wise.