Linguists call out Canada's Carney for 'utilizing' British spelling (www.bbc.com)
from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 06:41
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jjpamsterdam@feddit.org on 17 Dec 07:26 next collapse

I don’t understand. What is better about US English? The vast majority of nations where English is an official language tends to use the British version.

HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 07:35 next collapse

Essentially this is a stupid nothingburger and deserves zero attention.

non_burglar@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 14:11 collapse

Who is using US English in this article? It isn’t involved.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 07:52 next collapse

*Americans pretending to be Canadian call for Carney to use American spellings.

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works on 17 Dec 18:05 next collapse

It’s a bullshit argument from a linguistic standpoint, not just political.

Like imperial/metric and fahrenheit/celsius, we just use the z vs s variably. Some people even switch between spellings for some words. I’m not sure there are even idiomatic or de facto rules about usage, since it seems to be an area of uncertainty for many.

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 19:39 collapse

Is there a list comparing some key words in British / American / Canadian spelling? I assumed the Canadians basically used American English, maybe with some accent, but this suggests there is a real Canadian English, implying differences to other variants.