In Alan's alphabet song in season 2, A stands, apparently, for "appendectomy". A doctor at Alan's level should know that in the UK, the operation is called an "appendicectomy" - "appendectomy" is the American term.
And yes, I am a huge nerd. :)

hehe perhaps appendicectomy would ruin the flow of the song ;)

Our culture is very much mixing with America anyway. I have to use American spellings when I write essays (I don't, because I think it's ludicrous)

Do you? Because of Word or because your teachers ask you to? I refuse to use the z's and stuff that Word suggests, I'm English, American is derived from English, but it is definitely not the same language.

very well-spotted!!!! but then again Statham might have deliberately song it like that because he pretends hes a hotshot know-all doctor and yet hes a bit unsure of himself - does that make sense or should i shut up?

Because we're told to. We get marked down if we use English spellings...and I'm doing an English degree. *gets mad* I just refuse.

That is stupid, we're English, not American. We invented the bloody language. American is a lazier version.

Exactly - it's bloody insane! I don't see why we should change our language at all. They changed it, for god sake.

So where do they make you do this?

Every Uni is doing it apparently. Bloody insania!

Every uni? But this is England! Where we have English spelling! :angry: The world has gone insane.

The world has indeed gone insane. Don't worry, there are rebels like me fighting the system!

Maybe he did his Internship in the USA :D

Ooh, I didn't know there was a difference between us and the US on that one but well-spotted! It isn't like Alan to suddenly go all American on us! The world has really gone insane if he goes American on us! :lol:

That is absolutely f*cking madness (Yes, madness - not craziness :P :P ) about insisting on American spellings in universities, particularly as it's an English degree you're doing, POAP! This is English the subject, right? You don't just mean a degree that's being taken in England? LOL.

I don't want to have too much of a rant but the way British English is being completely overtaken by American English drives me round the f*cking bend. Why, why, f*cking why???? What's wrong with being British? It's like we, over here, are ashamed if it these days. The USA has given us some good things but its language habits isn't one of them.

:bangh :bangh :bangh :bangh :bangh :swearing :swearing :swearing :swearing :swearing OK, rant over.

Yeah English as in the subject. It's just ludicrous, I refuse to spell things the American way, I don't care if I lose marks, this is my god damn country!

Good for you, POAP. You go, girl. I'd be the same.

Cheers. My tutor got a bit annoyed with me when I started swearing under my breath though!

[under breath] Well, f*ck him/her. :P :P

:lol: :lol: Too right!

OMG- I think thats awful that u have to use american spelling!! Im with you- I would never do it!! Ever! Its incorrect, simple as that! They should either be insisting on the correct ENGLISH spelling, or saying they dont mind either way!