LazaroFilm@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThis page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1667
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minus-squareBagel5941@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 months agoTIL that aeroplane is commonwealth english.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·10 months agoNo, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons “Aeroplane” is fancypants English
minus-squaredylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·10 months agoBrought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-210 months ago…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for a loooooong time.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoHow do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?
TIL that aeroplane is commonwealth english.
No, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons
“Aeroplane” is fancypants English
Brought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol
…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for a loooooong time.
How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?