🇦🇺 English (Felon)
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
🇬🇧 English (Traditional)
🇺🇸 English (Simplified)
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
yesman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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”.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“I inherited this government position from my father”.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush🤔
brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
yesman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MediumGray@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
They’re not denying that happens in England, just pointing out that it functionally happens in the US too. So I’m not really sure what your point is.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol don’t watch the news
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The last royal veto was in 1708, and any attempt to do so now would probably end the monarchy.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
🇨🇦 English (Celeste)
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
*🏴- traditional
MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
🇩🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴 Traditional?
M137@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
🇬🇧 English (Traditional)
🇺🇳 English (Simplified) 🇺🇲 English (Dumbified)ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Except American English is the traditional. England kept fucking with their language and spelling, and now everything has 6 unnecessary vowels
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/American_and_British_English_s…
en.wikipedia.org/…/American_and_British_English_s…Webster’s 1828 dictionary had only -or and is given much of the credit for the adoption of this form in the United States. By contrast, Johnson’s 1755 (pre-US independence and establishment) dictionary used -our for all words still so spelled in Britain (like colour), but also for words where the u has since been dropped: ambassadour, emperour, errour, governour, horrour, inferiour, mirrour, perturbatour, superiour, tenour, terrour, tremour. Johnson, unlike Webster, was not an advocate of spelling reform, but chose the spelling best derived, as he saw it, from among the variations in his sources.
Nope.
Although unjerk, spelling reform and standardisation is very necessary for english.
Rejerk
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fylkenny@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
🇮🇪 English (EU)
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
🇦🇺 ɥsᴉlƃuƎ
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
🇨🇦 English (Polite) 🏴 English (Unhinged)
wewbull@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
🏴 English (Dragon tongue)
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Shots fired.
Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
The Troubles Part 2: It Came From The EU
Ymer@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Not quite sure if this is an intentional Hamilton reference or not…
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
how is acknowledging an irish person making fun of brexit a reference to Hamilton?
Opisek@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would you even say you’re not throwing away your shot?
lime@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
i recently got the recommendation to switch locale to ireland in order to get normal date formatting. worked very well.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
I usually use UK English to have a sane date formatting (the US format is completely retarded), but you have a good idea. I’ll use Ireland from now on.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I use Denmark English for sane date formatting.
Though I don’t know why that locale exists.
MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’d never know that’s English