▲ 191 ▼ Linguistic differences 19th Century History (media.piefed.social) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historymemes@piefed.social 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Now do jail/gaol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Sure. We call jail jail. Both the US and the UK have at times used "gaol" in our histories, but it's super archaic in both places. You might be thinking of one of the other 57 countries for which English is an official language? (You're probably thinking of Australia, but they also generally only use "gaol" in a historic context, even though it's retained in some place names with that spelling.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think we differentiate between jail/gaol and prison permalink fedilink source parent
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Sure. We call jail jail. Both the US and the UK have at times used "gaol" in our histories, but it's super archaic in both places. You might be thinking of one of the other 57 countries for which English is an official language? (You're probably thinking of Australia, but they also generally only use "gaol" in a historic context, even though it's retained in some place names with that spelling.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago I think we differentiate between jail/gaol and prison permalink fedilink source parent
