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British Problems

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

UK : English (Traditional)
US : English (Simplified)

[–] teft 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ours is the traditional pronunciation. You fucks changed it after we left because you didn’t like to sound like provincial rebels.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Christ, we can't even have a c/britishproblems without the yanks coming and sticking their oars in.

[–] teft 1 points 1 month ago

We're like your little brother that keeps popping up when you least expect him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We didn't start talking like "yeehaw partner this gas station has some skibidi rizz, no cap fanum tax! Also this is a bruhhh moment, what the dawg doin'? Legit demure!"

[–] dvlsg 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair, English could really use some simplification. It's fucking bonkers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Webster should have spelled the words the way they sounded while he was dropping all those u’s.