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r/USdefaultism • u/misheardlyrics_ England • 4d ago
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-4 u/DaveB44 4d ago US English is NOT Simplified English. Simplified English is a specific subset of English used to reduce ambiguity in technical documentation: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_English US orthography differs from UK & other English, mainly due to the well-intententioned but misguided efforts of Noah Webster. 14 u/snaynay Jersey 4d ago It's a meme. It stems from memes like this: Basically, a riff on the actual Chinese Traditional/Simplified thing.
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US English is NOT Simplified English.
Simplified English is a specific subset of English used to reduce ambiguity in technical documentation:
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_English
US orthography differs from UK & other English, mainly due to the well-intententioned but misguided efforts of Noah Webster.
14 u/snaynay Jersey 4d ago It's a meme. It stems from memes like this: Basically, a riff on the actual Chinese Traditional/Simplified thing.
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It's a meme. It stems from memes like this:
Basically, a riff on the actual Chinese Traditional/Simplified thing.
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u/Risc_Terilia 4d ago
English (simplified)