oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 hours agoI wonder if Webster’s “anti-British” sentiment was (part of) the instigation of “American uniquism.” To this day, whatever the world does, the US does it differently, almost as a knee-jerk reaction.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 hours agoAlso consider that a whole lot of the world was “British” when the US broke away.
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 hours agoStill is. The real distinction is between American English and the rest of the English-speaking world. Or for non-language issues… American units vs. metric, used by almost every other country on the planet. American rules for a given sport vs. every other country on the planet. American WHATEVER vs. every other fucking country on planet earth.
I wonder if Webster’s “anti-British” sentiment was (part of) the instigation of “American uniquism.”
To this day, whatever the world does, the US does it differently, almost as a knee-jerk reaction.
Also consider that a whole lot of the world was “British” when the US broke away.
Still is. The real distinction is between American English and the rest of the English-speaking world.
Or for non-language issues…
American units vs. metric, used by almost every other country on the planet.
American rules for a given sport vs. every other country on the planet.
American WHATEVER vs. every other fucking country on planet earth.