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Bagel5941@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons

  “Aeroplane” is fancypants English

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  • thecrotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Americans invented it, Americans get to name it

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or did they?

      en.wikipedia.org/…/Claims_to_the_first_powered_fl…

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• dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Brought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for hundreds of years.

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    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?

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  • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    downvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨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? 😂

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      • HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Recently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.

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