ageedizzle@piefed.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat’s your most controversial opinion?message-squaremessage-square905fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s your most controversial opinion?ageedizzle@piefed.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square905fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours ago We need to standardise English, and we need to accept the US won in spelling. You mean the US showed up to a fight no-one wanted, handed around medals and went home, while everyone else was still wondering what the loud tourists were shouting about.
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoI’m not saying they are right, but they did win. Computing systems use US English as a default, and most countries which teach English as a secondary language use the US variant. TBH I think we could just use steady parch notes for English, update a few things every 10 years or so.
You mean the US showed up to a fight no-one wanted, handed around medals and went home, while everyone else was still wondering what the loud tourists were shouting about.
I’m not saying they are right, but they did win.
Computing systems use US English as a default, and most countries which teach English as a secondary language use the US variant.
TBH I think we could just use steady parch notes for English, update a few things every 10 years or so.