I'm in US History class right now. Everyone knows there's nothing like a good, honest look at American history to make you not entirely proud of your country. I'm sure that's true in any country, but I'm American, and so I'm currently looking at my country's achievements and failings.
Throughout the class, I've been disturbed by much of what America has done. I am bothered by people, ideals, beliefs, actions, and billions of other things. I thought, then that I would tell you what I currently perceive as America's greatest failing. Prepare yourself.
Abatement
Achievement
Acknowledgement
Advancement
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Agreement
Amazement
Amusement
Announcement
Appeasement
Arrangement
Atonement
Battlement
Bereavement
Commencement
Confinement
Disablement
Disagreement
Disbursement
Discouragement
Disenfranchisement
Disengagement
Disfigurement
Disgruntlement
Dismantlement
Disparagement
Displacement
Divorcement
Elopement
Embezzlement
Encouragement
Endorsement
Enforcement
Engagement
Engorgement
Enhancement
Enlargement
Entanglement
Enticement
Escapement
Estrangement
Excitement
Improvement
Incitement
Inducement
Infringement
Involvement
Management
Measurement
Mismanagement
Movement
Pavement
Placement
Procurement
Pronouncement
Puzzlement
Rearrangement
Refinement
Reimbursement
Reinforcement
Reinstatement
Replacement
Requirement
Resettlement
Retirement
Settlement
Statement
Underachievement
Understatement
So, fellow Americans, please excuse my regular error in the spelling of judgment as "judgement". I have never understood why American's chose to spell it without an e. I have just supplied a list in which all the words end in e and simply have -ment tacked on. There is no logical reason for American's to drop the e in judgement. None whatsoever.
At least Britain knows how to spell it.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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