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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (self.askuk)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Oneeightnine to c/askuk
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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

American here, I tend to spell words the British way because they make more sense, and I've done it since I was a teenager, for some reason it pisses off my older brother lol.

Examples:

  1. Grey
  2. Defence
  3. Offence
  4. Theatre
  5. Customisation
  6. Analyse
  7. Flavour

etc. etc.

[–] SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Cancelled has 2 Ls and I will die on this hill

[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

I’ve always spelt it with two Ls and just found after your comment that American English doesn’t 🤢

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gray is the superior grey.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago

Funny... in my head, "grey" refers to a light gray (e.g., dove gray) whereas "gray" is more like when it's overcast.