Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling
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No one uses the word gaol in the UK.
We say prison instead. Occasionally jail but that’s more common as a verb and not a noun.
In North America we often differentiate jail as state or provincia,l and usually under 24 months and prison is 2+ years of federal incarceration
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An article from “chek news” complaining about spelling. This looks like a tricky question on a “can you spot the fake news” test.
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De tute façon moé j’parle frança!
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Damn, didn’t know almost the entire world is fascist! https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUya3NhZ2RyNWZtcDBkeHp4djhzM2s0dW9nams2eXFmc2w3ZzE0OG4yZyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/jQmVFypWInKCc/giphy.gif
it is though
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What am I going to do with all those extra "U"s I have lying around? Give them to the neighbours? Paint them different colours and nail them to the walls?
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CHEK is their broadcast call sign that happens to sound like a word and therefore provides handy branding.
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In North America we often differentiate jail as state or provincia,l and usually under 24 months and prison is 2+ years of federal incarceration
A jail is for temporary holding, a prison is for sentenced confinement.
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British spelling is the correct spelling. We don’t need no stinking Americans bastardizing what they don’t understand. We told the Americans to change their spellings to what Canada and the UK use and they said “No. You!” /s
Bastardising*
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trying to regulate how language is used is a hallmark of fascist governments
It’s standardization, not censorship. So I think your take is easy overblown. If anything, it helps us understand each other better.
Although, I have to admit, sticking to British English when we already have Canadian English is friggin dumb and a huge waste of effort.
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For duck sake, just spell shit in a way it can be understood. Nationalization of language is so dumb.
