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[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (42 children)

"Matt" paste? Isn't it "matte" or am I taking crazy pills again?

Edit: What the fuck... It's spelled differently in the UK, the US, and Canada (where I'm from). It's matte in Canada, mat in US, and matt in the UK.

From the Government of Canada website: https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/matte-mat-matt

[–] [email protected] 149 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's matte in the US, too

[–] [email protected] 85 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Seconded. Literally have never seen it spelled mat.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Mat" is a small rug usually for wiping shoes on. "Matt" is a boy's name, short for Matthew. "Matte" means the opposite of glossy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Mat is a man with no arms and no legs on the floor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In Swedish, mat is food

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Colour me surprised, at least you greybeards have honour enough to spell some words correct.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

'u' died with the Queen. Have yo no respect?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shooldn't it be Qeen, or did "U" get berried with her?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I appreciate your cheekiness, sir

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