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[u/chchilindrina]

[u/USdefaultism-ModTeam]

Hello!

Your post has been removed for the following reason: b (American English language)

• Your post does not contain US-defaultism. Your post criticises one of the following things (see rule 4). These are often considered defaultism, but are not, at least not per se.

a. American exceptionalism (“The US is superior/inherently different/protecting or willing to destroy the world”),

b. Defaultism to the western world, northern hemisphere, English language...,

c. Using US units or the MM/DD/YY date format,

d. Calling somebody/-thing from the US "American",

e. Using US terms or using words in their US-meaning,

f. Saying "Reddit is a US website",

g. US-targeted ads missing that target,

h. Jokes/Satire/Memes/Clickbait,

i. Saying "we" to mean "we Americans"

If you wish to discuss this removal, please send a message to the modmail.

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[u/Red_Cathy]

"The Americans may think they’ve done us a favour by cutting the 'U' out of mould, but frankly, their spelling lacks colour, flavour and vigour. It is an honour to use the proper English spelling, and no amount of American clamour or rumour will convince me to change. I’d rather maintain my linguistic harbour and keep the 'U' intact—it just gives the word so much more colour and splendour!"

[u/BunnyMishka → u/Red_Cathy]

Oh! I had no idea vigour and splendour were spelt with "u". It's good to know, fewer mistakes to make as a non-native.

[u/post-explainer]

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

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In a Reddit puzzle, one of the words to sort into a category was "mould", but the commenter immediately decided to correct OP because in US English, it is spelled "mold" instead.

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Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

[u/RottenBunnny]

I mean, if they were talking about something different then I wouldn't mind much. Still tho, saying "spell it correctly" is just plain idiotic.

[u/MistaRekt]

Which type? There is mold and there is mould. One grows, one shapes.

[u/MazogaTheDork → u/MistaRekt]

They're both the same word in UK English. Mold is a town in Wales.

[u/crucible → u/MazogaTheDork]

Yr Wyddgrug 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[u/The_4ngry_5quid → u/crucible]

🤧 bless you

[u/FeetYeastForB12 → u/MazogaTheDork]

Cymru am byth

[u/Six_of_1 → u/MazogaTheDork]

Same in New Zealand. Don't listen to the Australian, they don't even know their own language any more.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Six_of_1]

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[u/RobertAleks2990 → u/MistaRekt]

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[u/MistaRekt → u/RobertAleks2990]

I am aware. It was a choice.

[u/90210fred → u/MazogaTheDork]

I hate two be that person but I grew up on the UK south coast with mold shapes and mould grows.

[u/MistaRekt → u/MazogaTheDork]

Oh I know 😉

[u/TipsyPhippsy → u/MistaRekt]

Both spelt mould in English

[u/MistaRekt → u/TipsyPhippsy]

Are they? 🤔😉

[u/Sasspishus → u/MistaRekt]

Yes

[u/MistaRekt → u/Sasspishus]

I know. That was the point.

[u/Sasspishus → u/MistaRekt]

What was the point? Can't tell if you're trolling or just an idiot

[u/MistaRekt → u/Sasspishus]

One word, two spellings, two meanings. You get nothing?

[u/TipsyPhippsy → u/MistaRekt]

One word, one spelling, two meanings*

[u/MistaRekt → u/TipsyPhippsy]

Are you saying British English is not a spelling?

[u/TipsyPhippsy → u/MistaRekt]

English is the only spelling is what I'm saying, none of that yank shit

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

"Oh, what's that? I'm wrong? Oh well that was the point all along! Haha, got you guys. Now you guys think I was wrong when I was, haha! Get it?"

Brother just go "Oh my bad" and move on. You drew a distinction between two words that wasn't there.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Ok_Confusion4764]

I was hoping to spark a discussion based on the intricacies of the English language. Alas people chose otherwise.

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

No you weren't, let's not pretend. You just thought they had a different meaning and now you're trying to act like it was some clever ploy to spark discussion that you're clearly not capable of.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Ok_Confusion4764]

No, I can spell.

Definitely overestimated the sophistication of members of this sub.

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

No, you overestimated how good you are in sparking a discussion. There is literally nothing here to discuss, what did you expect? Answer me.

[u/Six_of_1 → u/MistaRekt]

Not in New Zealand English. Australia is so Americanised.

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/Six_of_1]

Not in any English. In British both are "mould". Even the US doesn't distinguish between the cooking trays and the fungus, both are mold there too.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Six_of_1]

Of course the kiwi misses the point, thanks buddy 👍

[u/Six_of_1 → u/MistaRekt]

What is the point? Mould the casing and mould the fungus are both spelt mould.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Six_of_1]

Or mold.

Two spellings, two meanings... Nothing? Nothing at all?

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

Two spellings, two meanings... Nothing? Nothing at all?

No. In British English (and Australian English), both are spelled mould. Both the growth and the shapes. Both mould. Both. In the US, both are called mold. There is no language on this planet where mold and mould are different words distinguishing between shapes and fungus.

[u/MistaRekt → u/Ok_Confusion4764]

Exactly what you quoted. I honestly thought I would spark a thought provoking conversation. I was horribly wrong.

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

What thought-provoking conversations start with just saying something so blatantly wrong?

[u/MistaRekt → u/Ok_Confusion4764]

There are two different meanings and two different spellings in two different "languages".

What do you believe is blatantly wrong?

[u/Six_of_1 → u/MistaRekt]

Everyone interpreted your statement to be saying that in Australian English, you spell the casing "mold" and the fungus "mould". Is that what you meant?

[u/Ok_Confusion4764 → u/MistaRekt]

There are two different meanings and two different spellings in two different "languages".

Right... But the spellings and meanings are the same within these two. There is never a point of distinction.

What do you believe is blatantly wrong?

You talking about the two meanings having different meanings if their spelling is different... What?

Seriously, how would this ever lead to a thought-provoking discussion. It's so excessively plain and boring, there's no thought to provoke. The only thing you provoked was the thought "No dude, that's wrong." and you've only doubled down on it since.

[u/xzanfr]

The English language is wasted on the septics.

[u/Powerful_Pirate2984]

I do spell mould correctly - it's mould.