Post #4009644

2026-07-21 20:21 UTC

@rotopenguin@mastodon.social @xyla@shitpost.trade the frustrating thing is, it's not really even simplifying that much. You dropped a few 'u's and swapped a few 're's. Congratulations! You totally fixed English! SMH

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@ww@xyzzy.link 2026-07-22 08:57

@shadower@mastodon.social @rotopenguin@mastodon.social @xyla@shitpost.trade and its pronunciation is closer to the way brits talked a few centuries ago, so there isn't much in the way of tradition for british english, other than those few u's and re's..

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@tautology@infosec.exchange 2026-07-22 10:28

@shadower@mastodon.social @rotopenguin@mastodon.social @xyla@shitpost.trade it is a bit more. I did the Gnome AE to BE translation for many years, 80% was s/ize/ise/ and adding -u-. But there was quite a bit of rewording for voice and tense. Also when USAians verb nouns they usually verbize them instead of verbing them. Don't get me started on the juggling I needed for fixing "ellipisisize".

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@xyla@shitpost.trade 2026-07-21 20:22

@shadower@mastodon.social @rotopenguin@mastodon.social the “aluminum” in “aluminium” is silent

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