21-04-2020, 09:48 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
Originally Posted by
Judd
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And my favorite (
) diarrhea, instead of the correct spelling of diarrhoea.
We can spell, buddy. It's just that we have our own culture.
Tires, not tyres.
Elevator, not lift. A lift is used to lift autos in the air.
Flashlight, not torch. A torch is a flaming stick.
Cookies, not biscuits.
1st floor is the ground floor, not the 2nd story up.
Drug store, not chemist.
etc etc
Following the War of Independence, and the War of 1812, we removed as much of the British culture as possible. We, of course, already had English as our primary language, so we were not able to change languages. But we COULD remove unnecessary vowels, like the unnecessary "O" in many words.
No insult intended but we have our own culture, most especially when it comes to the foods we love. For example, if I wanted to cook lamb, I'd have to go to a butcher shop and special order it. I've only seen lamb in supermarkets just before Easter, and then it disappears for another year.
But most importantly, we outlawed any concept of royalty.
Peace, brother.