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"I don't appreciate you Brits using/changing our language without consent" (lem.sabross.xyz)

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[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

I think American English (simplified English - as a yank, I think that should be the official term) is close to an XFCE or *box spin. Things like the dropping of "u" in words like colour were done for printing efficiency.

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