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minus-squareBossDjlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down4·8 months agoWe usually just keep spelling things incorrectly until the dictionary gives up and adds the misspelling as correct
minus-squaremodifier@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoYou just described the evolution of all language. Nothing unique to US America there.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoYou act like it wasn’t a dictionary author who taught us to misspell everything
minus-squarecredit crazy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoYou do realize that’s how dictionarys have always worked after all we stopped using little s because the serifs made them look like f so we started using 's instead so technically Mary’s dog is there. Is misspelled
We usually just keep spelling things incorrectly until the dictionary gives up and adds the misspelling as correct
You just described the evolution of all language. Nothing unique to US America there.
You act like it wasn’t a dictionary author who taught us to misspell everything
You do realize that’s how dictionarys have always worked after all we stopped using little s because the serifs made them look like f so we started using 's instead so technically Mary’s dog is there. Is misspelled