英式英语药丸？连英国人都开始使用美式拼写了
<p>关于英式英语和美式英语之间的差异，我们点津的<span word="Tip">Tip</span> <span word="Talk">Talk</span>栏目曾专门出过三期内容给大家讲：</p><p><span word="Tip">Tip</span> <span word="Talk">Talk</span>：英英大战美英之<span word="spelling">spelling</span></p><p><span word="Tip">Tip</span> <span word="Talk">Talk</span>：英英大战美英之<span word="accent">accent</span></p><p><span word="Tip">Tip</span> <span word="Talk">Talk</span>：英英大战美英之<span word="vocabulary">vocabulary</span> <span word="differences">differences</span></p><p>然而现在有消息称，英式英语地位不稳，就连英国人都开始使用美式英语了……</p><p><span word="British">British</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="first">first</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="popular">popular</span>.</p><p>英式英语出现的较早，但从全球看，现今美式英语的拼写方式却更受欢迎。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="examination">examination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="variants">variants</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="publications">publications</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="version">version</span>, <span word="swapping">swapping</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="like">like</span> ‘<span word="centre">centre</span>’ <span word="for">for</span> ‘<span word="center">center</span>’ <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1880<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p>近期一项对这两种拼写的研究发现，现在的出版物广泛使用的是美式写法，自从19世纪80年代后，就有把“<span word="centre">centre</span>”替换成了“<span word="center">center</span>”等类似情况出现。</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="data">data</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="shift">shift</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="strengthened">strengthened</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="I">I</span> – <span word="and">and</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="evolved">evolved</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="ditched">ditched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="trans">trans</span>-<span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span>.</p><p>数据显示，这种替换现象在第一次世界大战时尤为明显。随着英语的发展，甚至连英国人都开始使用美式拼写了。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="charts">charts</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Steemit">Steemit</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="generated">generated</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="Google">Google</span> <span word="Ngram">Ngram</span> <span word="Viewer">Viewer</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="usage">usage</span> <span word="trends">trends</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="numerous">numerous</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1800 <span word="and">and</span> 2000. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="graphs">graphs</span>, <span word="American">American</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="version">version</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="indicated">indicated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="red">red</span>.</p>
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