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arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1imageI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 天前message-square214fedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 天前*litre https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·10 天前in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·10 天前And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 天前Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 天前Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Czechmate
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”