[Gunnair]

raydan raydan:

Again...
Based on a true story simply means the story for the film was based on true events and then written into a script to suit the films needs. The film can be almost totally accurate or be loaded with fiction like Braveheart.

This movie was "based on a true story"... sorry... get over it.

Braveheart was pure fantasy. Only the names of a handful of characters and the three battles were accurate. Nothing else was even remotely close.

If it was a two hour Game of Thrones episode - then it's gold!

History?

Not even remotely close.

[raydan]

Braveheart wasn't true???

[Jonny_C]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Harbour. I don't change my Canuck spelling for anyone!

Your prerogative, but the place is named "Pearl Harbor", not "Pearl Harbour", as was (rightly) pointed out to me by an American acquaintance when I made the same mistake.

[Gunnair]

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

Gunnair Gunnair:

Harbour. I don't change my Canuck spelling for anyone!

Your prerogative, but the place is named "Pearl Harbor", not "Pearl Harbour", as was (rightly) pointed out to me by an American acquaintance when I made the same mistake.

Regional variations for spelling are exactly that. I'll no more change the way I spell a word than I will change the pronunciation.

[Jonny_C]

raydan raydan:

Again...
Based on a true story simply means the story for the film was based on true events and then written into a script to suit the films needs. The film can be almost totally accurate or be loaded with fiction like Braveheart.

This movie was "based on a true story"... sorry... get over it.

You mean all those Westerns I saw when I was a kid were based on true stories too? Who woulda thought?

There were cowboys. There were Indians. There were gunslingers, and cavalry soldiers, and train robbers. They killed each other and they rode horses.

Voilà! Based on a true story.

I'm kinda pulling your leg, but "loaded with fiction" has its limits.

[raydan]

Yup, seems that "based on a true story" is a very wide descriptor.
Like someone said before, you want truth, watch a documentary.... and even with a documentary, the story might be different depending on who's telling it.

[Jonny_C]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Regional variations for spelling are exactly that. I'll no more change the way I spell a word than I will change the pronunciation.

Suit yourself. You have a right to be wrong.

As you view, note the source...

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[raydan]

I could support Gunnair on this spelling thing by saying that Deutschland is Germany in English and Allemagne in French. So I guess that places can have different spelling depending on the language and even the dialect used.

[Jonny_C]

raydan raydan:

I could support Gunnair on this spelling thing by saying that Deutschland is Germany in English and Allemagne in French. So I guess that places can have different spelling depending on the language and even the dialect used.

Yeah, except that when the language is English (even the British version), it's "Pearl Harbor".

Such a consistent convention might be hard for someone in British Colombia to understand, granted.

[Gunnair]

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

Gunnair Gunnair:

Regional variations for spelling are exactly that. I'll no more change the way I spell a word than I will change the pronunciation.

Suit yourself. You have a right to be wrong.

As you view, note the source...

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Well, we all share that right.

[Gunnair]

Jonny_C Jonny_C:

raydan raydan:

I could support Gunnair on this spelling thing by saying that Deutschland is Germany in English and Allemagne in French. So I guess that places can have different spelling depending on the language and even the dialect used.

Yeah, except that when the language is English (even the British version), it's "Pearl Harbor".

Such a consistent convention might be hard for someone in British Colombia to understand, granted.

True enough. In British Columbia, however, we understand the nuances and expect everyone will simply adapt to us.

Your point might have hit the mark if you were comparing spelling on the same continent, by the way.

It's like Kootenay and Kootenai - both are correct and I use them interchangeably.

Anyway, can't tell if you're trolling for a bit of conflict or having fun. Think I'll assume the former and move on to a more fun conversation.

[raydan]

Hey ROC... use the accent when spelling Québec!

[Gunnair]

raydan raydan:

I could support Gunnair on this spelling thing by saying that Deutschland is Germany in English and Allemagne in French. So I guess that places can have different spelling depending on the language and even the dialect used.

It's true. Same with pronunciation. Nothing pisses off a Franco more than pronouncing their names in the way the Americans would in American English.

Pronouncing Nadeau as Nay-doo gets them all crazy. But I guess they just have to deal with it when in the US.

[Gunnair]

raydan raydan:

Hey ROC... use the accent when spelling Québec!

Kweerbek doesn't cut it?

[raydan]

I wonder if you could pronounce my last name correctly... not a lot of English speakers can, even if they work at it for a while.