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minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months agoIn not the Americans’ fault that the English decided to butcher their own language after the US kicked them out
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoThe spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.
In not the Americans’ fault that the English decided to butcher their own language after the US kicked them out
The spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.
Hah, that makes sense.