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Bagel5941@aussie.zone 11 months ago
TIL that aeroplane is commonwealth english.
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for hundreds of years.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
downvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s an archaic word that pretty much fell out of usage in the 1800s. People don’t say it. It’s a word in very much the same way forsooth or something is.
That’s why I downvoted.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fucksake man, can you genuinely not tell when someone is poking fun at you? Are you one of these types that need the /s, like the seppos do? 😂
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Recently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons
“Aeroplane” is fancypants English
thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Americans invented it, Americans get to name it
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or did they?
en.wikipedia.org/…/Claims_to_the_first_powered_fl…