LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy is this even political?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down12
arrow-up1117arrow-down1imageWhy is this even political?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago US native speaker so, native english. Unless you mean an indigenous language?
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agodoes american english have different punctuation grammar and rules? like the usage of semi colons?
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYes, Brits call periods “full stops” and quotation makes “inverted commas”. So, complete insanity.
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoDo you call jokes something else there too?
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere’s some slight variations and they’re inconsistent. That’s what makes them exciting.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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?
so, native english. Unless you mean an indigenous language?
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.
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.
So … what do you think the “Engl” in “English” comes from?
Anglish.