Not it's not. There is no such thing as "British English" pronunciation. English as spoken in Britain varies a great deal in pronunciation. You are comparing just one variation with American English.

Scottish English is a sub-set of British English, they are not distinct.

What, even the Scottish Brits?

Oh no, my phone is dead/stolen! Better email people and tell them not to phone me and I'll be reachable by email.

Just need to log into my email and ... ... shit...

Maybe you shouldn't read comments that you think add nothing to the conversation. Or did you just say that to see your words on the screen?

Could the same not be said of Thicke and Williams? The point is that someone is making money from this music, why should it be Thicke and Williams when all they've done is rehash someone else's talent?

All these things happen. Yet you are worried most about people being worried about offensive comments on twitter? Just think of the wonderful observations you could have made about the world's problems, but instead you chose to post about this.

Life isn't all either/or. It is possible to care about more than one thing.

I truly have no idea what point you are trying to make. Where do I say that "society" should be asked on proper spelling? What the hell has Ebonics got to do with it?

Different dialects of English pronounce words in different ways. Attempts to get a unified spelling based on pronunciation would be fruitless. This is why we have spelling as it is now; often archaic and often non-intuitive. But it's a standard that can be used by all to ensure accuracy and ease of reading.

If we decide, on the other hand, that certain words are exempt from that standard, then the first thing we need to do is determine which are the certain words. Then I'd be interested in what logic determined which words.

Otherwise we may as well give up on spelling and say you can spell all words however you like. Just don't complain if people can't follow you.

If she was using an email service on US soil there is most definitely an email trail in some government bunker somewhere.

What makes her email any different from everyone elses'?

Exactly. An insurance company is in the business of taking on risk. If they wanted to take on the high risk of the Kickstarted company, then they could invest in it themselves. Why do they need a middle man?

I think that was my point. Just like iTunes has a selection and a delete button.

So which certain words don't need to be spelt correctly?

Do wee gett to desside owrsef watt words? Or do we need some kind of standard? Otherwize who nos wat problems mite be cozzed.

Back in the grand old days of radio when they played vinyl records over the air, bands were pushing their music onto my radio all the time. With the collusion of the radio station! And it totally locked up the radio for a good three or four minutes at a time. And it wasn't illegal! But hey, if you enjoy having some radio station decide what you are going to listen to ...

If only there had been some way of not listening to those records, and apparently some people are still forced to listen to music they don't like. You'd think they'd have solved this problem in these modern times.

Yeah. Remotely downloading something onto a device belonging to someone else is exactly the same as stealing that device. Because once you've done using it, they are deprived of its use totally from that point on.

Just like you'd stole it. This is the legal definition, you'll find it in all the legal books.

Or any number of other things that can obscure your face. Far cheaper and more effective.

I personally favour a bandana, enabling me to look like I'm about to hold up the stagecoach.

Fortunately most countries have other methods of licensing plumbers, electricians, doctors, lawyers, nannies, or nurses. Most are far more stringent than taxi drivers. So the city doesn't need to take responsibility for it.

In most places you cannot turn up at a hospital and say "I'm not a licensed nurse, but that's ok, I'm just "sharing" medical care, not providing it. Now pay me."

I don't see a need for licensing painter or interior decorators, TBH.

And yet it takes so long to say what you summarise in four lines.

Yes, the all the math is good to see, it's not just making this all up. But this article starts out so promising and ends abruptly just when it gets around to the interesting bit.