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My chemistry teacher marked my answer wrong for spelling the element represented by S as "sulphur" over "sulfur."

Is this fair?IT IS NOT FAIR.Just because I learned its British/Australian spelling, it doesn't make it *wrong* -.- AND I GOT THE FRICKEN BASIC IDEA RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT "S" IS. ISN'T THAT THE DAMN POINT OF THESE ELEMENT QUIZZES?

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CherokeePatti

I thought it was spelled "sulphur" until Spellchecker kept underlining it too. I think you might try to gently persuade your teacher and see if she'll give you credit for that since you probably read a lot of stuff that's written in the British/Australian spelling.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

The red underline is only because your computer's set to the American spelling. It marks "flavour" wrong, too, and clearly that's an "everywhere but the US" spelling. US is like that "special" child that thinks it's oh so better than everyone else, and docks everyone else for being "wrong" because it thinks it's always right because it's AMERICA and wants EVERYTHING to be different... I'm moving to Switzerland.

CherokeePatti

how is different spellings saying that the US is better and special?

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

No, I'm saying in general that US tries to be different than everyone else and flaunt it's "superiority" over other countries. Different voltage ratings. Uses a decimal instead of a comma. Uses Imperial instead of metric. Whole bunch of dialects. The US thinks it's so special, when it's nothing but a retarded grease trap...

CherokeePatti

There's a reason for everything and it nothing to do with superiority.