Comment on porch of geese
lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 hours agoI don’t know about Portuguese but there is a meme about English:
[UK flag] English (traditional)
[US flag] English (simplified)
Which is not really historically accurate because both standards developed more or less simultaneously after independence and before standardization, the variety was greater than the difference today. But I digress.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
The Voice Of America has a standardized Simplified English they use for broadcasting to regions where English isn’t commonly spoken.
There was also that attempt at destupifying English spelling, a very small amount of which stuck. Color.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
There have been plenty over the decades
That’s a good thing but not at all what the meme is about. It’s about words like color vs colour, center vs centre, … The American is arguably easier (and I say that as someone who learned British English at school) but it’s not simplified. Simplified would imply that British is older which isn’t the case. Pre-standard was “anything goes” on both sides of the pond and you can argue historically for what every you like.