RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agoCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spellingwww.bbc.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·6 days agoAnd technically we use British English here…
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-26 days agoCanadian English is distinct: Organization - us spelling Tire - us spelling Behaviour - British spelling Ladybug - us term Cheque - British spelling
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoHmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, many folks don’t realize how many variants there are of English.
minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoIn otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
minus-squareSturgist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days ago otherwords And that’s not a word.
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIt is now. It’s streets ahead.
minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoBut it’s a mishmash I know and love.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoFormally I don’t believe there is any discrepancy; we’re metric.
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoI haven’t met a single person who doesn’t do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.
minus-squareiegod@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoSure, but that’s colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we’re all in on metric.
And technically we use British English here…
Canadian English is distinct:
Hmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!
Yeah, many folks don’t realize how many variants there are of English.
In otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.
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.
Attend de voir le français Canadien.
And that’s not a word.
It is now. It’s streets ahead.
But it’s a mishmash I know and love.
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.