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gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago

Speak American

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Speak American

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gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago
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  • Robotsandstuff@lemmy.world
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    Brit here it’s our laugauge don’t like it? Get your own instead of spelling ours wrong

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      Canadian here. Choosing between UK English and US English feels like choosing between an abusive father and abusive husband.

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    As an Aussie it really grinds my gears that office defaults to American spelling. And even after I change the dictionary to Australian or UK english it still continues to insert ‘z’ into words. It’s colonise, not colonize!

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      I thought in Aus and other international areas the Z was considered correct spelling, even though most of the rest follows British convention?

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    Traditional English vs Simplified English. I won’t tell you which is which.

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      Ah, one more way in which post-colonial America and Mao’s China are similar.

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    Ok, it’s driving me crazy.

    Who is that? The actor, not the character they’re playing.

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    Scottish people having to click on a British flag knowing it will display English (there is a perfectly good flag for England that people refuse to use 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

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      Ami: isn’t that the red cross flag?

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    We alsou have to start adding U’s in places that nourmally only have O’s.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
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      Nou.

      • RandoMcRanderton@lemmy.world
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        Why nout?

        • someguy3@lemmy.world
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          Because I said sou.

  • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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    One of these days Trump is gonna sue the UK for speaking the American language

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      “By presidential decree, it will no longer be called ‘American English’ and ‘British English’, it will be ‘American American’ and ‘English American’.”

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    🇬🇧 English (Traditional)
    🇺🇸 English (Simplified)

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      🇬🇧 English (Traditional)
      🇺🇳 English (Simplified)
      🇺🇲 English (Dumbified)

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      There are some English words and phrases that can’t be said in American English. Like the “I inherited this government position from my father”. Or, “Sure hope the King doesn’t veto this legislation”.

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        There are some English words and phrases that can’t be said in American English. Like the “I inherited this government position from my father”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush

        🤔

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          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cromwell

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        Lol don’t watch the news

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    Portuguese people clicking on the Brazilian flag to see something in Portuguese 💀

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    I just hit the back button. You won’t catch me disrespecting the motherland like that

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    English (simplified) or spanglish? I’ll let americans decide which is better

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