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[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago

I think spellings and punctuation are still valid. Mostly. Ignore variations between English and Americanese.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

In not the Americans' fault that the English decided to butcher their own language after the US kicked them out

[-] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago

Hah, that makes sense.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

England and all its former colonies (except the American ones) agree on the language, and the only odd one out - the United States feels it is unique among former colonies and its parent nation as the sole owner of the most correct version of English.

Seems likely /s

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I know this is all a joke, but Canada doesn't share the UK's... proclivities with language

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