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minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoAmerican English is different from British English. I’m firmly of the opinion though that anyone that spells the word ‘tire’ with a Y is doing English wrong.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago I’m firmly of the opinion though that anyone that spells the word ‘tire’ with a Y is doing English wrong. So … what do you think the “Engl” in “English” comes from?
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agodoes american english have different punctuation grammar and rules? like the usage of semi colons?
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoYes, Brits call periods “full stops” and quotation makes “inverted commas”. So, complete insanity.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days ago… do periods or full stops function differently? or are they just different names for the same thing? inverted commas is an “older” phrasing to me, i havent heard that since school years ago (Im british).
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoDo you call jokes something else there too?
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThere’s some slight variations and they’re inconsistent. That’s what makes them exciting.
American English is different from British English. I’m firmly of the opinion though that anyone that spells the word ‘tire’ with a Y is doing English wrong.
So … what do you think the “Engl” in “English” comes from?
Anglish.
does american english have different punctuation grammar and rules? like the usage of semi colons?
Yes, Brits call periods “full stops” and quotation makes “inverted commas”. So, complete insanity.
… do periods or full stops function differently? or are they just different names for the same thing?
inverted commas is an “older” phrasing to me, i havent heard that since school years ago
(Im british).
Do you call jokes something else there too?
There’s some slight variations and they’re inconsistent. That’s what makes them exciting.