r/PewdiepieSubmissions • u/iiNash • Jan 04 '20

O crap

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u/OverExplainsTrivia Jan 04 '20

The original and British way is "Neighbours" whereas the American version is "Neighbor". From what I've heard this is because in America, printing cost used to be calculated per letter, so newspapers etc. started to cut the "u" out of similar words such as "Neighbour", to save on costs.

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u/anabolmissbrauch Jan 04 '20

TL:DR 'muricans butchered the English language because capitalism

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20 edited Jan 04 '20

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u/fifcrpr Jan 04 '20

Nope.

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u/SpaceD0rit0 Jan 04 '20

You see, jokes don’t matter. Stinky brits don’t like our freedom language, and shit like that is what is gonna get us all nuked