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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American English makes nowhere near enough simplifications to the English spelling

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

The problem with simplifying spelling is that the simplifications wouldn’t make sense; apparently, according to some YouTube video I can’t find anymore.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And according to another video I could find, English was made harder to spell on purpose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07f-cKWRtk

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, you could say I'm bilingual

[–] Octopus1348 2 points 1 year ago

You could say I'm trillingual.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

American English: Now with 40% less 'u's!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Me American and me not know what you saying.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

But traditional English is only spoken in America by hillbillies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's the opposite, though. Just like Canadian French

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Alt. title "rule Britannia"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

🚫🤢engl*sh🤮🚫

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

UK: queue Me: q