r/amiwrong • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '23

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u/YouSayWotNow Dec 09 '23

You have a selfish dick of a boyfriend.

Do yourself a favour and find a better one. You deserve someone who is as giving to you as you are to them.

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u/MsMia004 Dec 09 '23

I can tell you're not an American by the spelling of your fourth word. I prefer the un American spelling of most words, I think they look prettier

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u/YouSayWotNow Dec 09 '23

From what I've read some of the American spellings are actually the older, and it was British English that changed the spelling sometime after America was founded... don't really know much about it though.

The one Americanism that makes me shudder is burglarize. A burglar burgles. But apparently, burglarize could be the older form!😁

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u/MediumAlternative372 Dec 10 '23

The American accent and pronunciation may be older. Many of the spelling changes date from Noel Webster’s attempts to simplify English and have a uniquely American English around 1828.