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"I don't appreciate you Brits using/changing our language without consent" (lem.sabross.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz to c/shitamericanssay@lemmy.world

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[–] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most differences in UK-US English are due to the US sticking with original pronunciations of words, with changes being made by the UK, OR by the US focusing more on Latin-derived pronunciations of worlds of Latin origin. It's literally "The US didn't change the language drastically, the UK just changed the words and pronunciations of things and decided that the ones who didn't change are wrong"

[–] hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interesting, since this comment talking about the way "aluminium" is spelled directly contradicts the part about Latin pronounciation