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[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I think spellings and punctuation are still valid. Mostly. Ignore variations between English and Americanese.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

In not the Americans' fault that the English decided to butcher their own language after the US kicked them out

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago

Hah, that makes sense.

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