RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·1 month agoAnd technically we use British English here…
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-up2·30 days 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-up1·28 days agoHmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoYeah, many folks don’t realize how many variants there are of English.
And technically we use British English here…
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.