RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 month agoCanadian English is distinct: Organization - us spelling Tire - us spelling Behaviour - British spelling Ladybug - us term Cheque - British spelling
minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoIn otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago otherwords And that’s not a word.
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt is now. It’s streets ahead.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoAttend de voir le français Canadien.
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoBut it’s a mishmash I know and love.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoUK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoFormally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoI haven’t met a single person who doesn’t do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSure, but that’s colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we’re all in on metric.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, many folks don’t realize how many variants there are of English.
Canadian English is distinct:
In otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
And that’s not a word.
It is now. It’s streets ahead.
Attend de voir le français Canadien.
But it’s a mishmash I know and love.
UK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.
Formally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
I haven’t met a single person who doesn’t do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.
Sure, but that’s colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we’re all in on metric.
Hmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!
Yeah, many folks don’t realize how many variants there are of English.