PlaidBaron comments on Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling

Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (8 children)

In otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Attend de voir le français Canadien.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

otherwords

And that's not a word.

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[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

It is now. It's streets ahead.

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[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

But it's a mishmash I know and love.

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[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

UK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.

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[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Formally I don't believe there is any discrepancy; we're metric.

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I haven't met a single person who doesn't do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.

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[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

Sure, but that's colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we're all in on metric.

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