Whaaattt?

Well, I am heartened not to be alone in my use of unfeasible. I will go back and tell AI they got their dates out by 30 yrs and the Collins dictionary does not support their use. So there!

 

Ha! It's now saying infeasible was first used in 1520! It does admit though that the word is on the Collins unabridged data-base when I challenged it to name the edition and yr Collins first included it in its physical dictionary.

The reason I got into this argument is I was trying to find out how so many absolutely terrible amateur recordings end up on itunes. I was expecting some inclusion criteria, but it seems, nope, you upload it, iTunes accepts it as it is INFEASIBLE for them to bother checking.

That's the internet for you, a world where quality is totally sacrificed for quantity. Ah well.

 

Join me in dinosaur corner @ViewAhead. One has standards, dontcha know


(For you youngsters, the photo is of Dame Patricia Routledge playing the character Hyacinth Bucket, pronounced "Bouquet". Either a lady of high standards, or a crashing snob, depending on your point of view).

 

Yea, verily, if thou wants 1520 words tha only has to venture into the county of Yorkshire.

 

My dad, who was Kentish, always had a go at Yorkshire speak.
The phase he always came out with was, Does thou think I like Thee, every time.

Thankfully he never used it when visiting there.

Mrs Bucket is obviously talking to someone important, all her phone calls were.

 

Why would anybody accept the American spelling of anything?

 

I assume American's do,, and as most of this tech stuff is of American origin you can see why.

 

Yes. It's called dumbing down to the lowest common denominator @KT53 and, given the lamentable sate of education in many US states, that's pretty low.

One of my all time American English favourites is "my bad" when they mean "Sorry. I made a mistake/misunderstood/got it wrong".

 

I think you mixing up spelling with modern expressions, most of which I find stupid but then most of my young expressions are now not repeatable.

I was watching an American a while back wanting to know why the British are always apologising, it did make some sense, we tend to say Sorry all the time when basically we mean Excuse me or even What?

 

Much like "I'm good" when asked how you are. You are either well, fine or go into a diatribe about your current health issues. "good" in that context means SFA as we all like to think of ourselves as Good.
I think we have to accept that Amrican English differs from English English - annoying tho it is because it seems to be gradually creeping over as American tech is taking over.
However, English as a basic language is evolving at a rate of knots and it is not unusual for a native English speaker- probably of a certain age to be fair - to often require translation

 

Sorry is quick and easy to say. Pardon me could be me asking forgiveness for a burp or it could mean that I don’t hear you. Excuse me could mean that I’d like you to shift out of my way or it could mean that I don’t hear you. Sorry covers everything including an apology for dropping your car keys down the grate in the street.

 

The AI is created by an American company and it's first stop for information is American sources in this case the various American Corpus. So it gives an answer biased towards the American usage.
You don't have to accept it, but that's why it tells you the current American usage and spelling.

 

"I apologise" is fast becoming a global recognised expression. Bit like "wrongdoing" which is also a current favourite.

 

How about, You are not wrong?

An old bloke I know calls wronguns, near do wells. (spelling)