The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days ago*litre https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoin this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoWhenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoAnd this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoHaven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.