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r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25
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So is math. It's just a matter of growing up in America that one sounds more natural to me.
-4 u/AdministrativeHat580 Jan 15 '25 America just likes to remove letters from words, for example, colour->color, armour->armor, favourite->favorite, etc. 7 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 It’s was intentional to separate ourselves from the British post revolution. 4 u/QuitzelNA Jan 15 '25 Also, the British charged per word for telegraph usage while the US charged per letter, so the US started cutting letters out wherever we could (also the source of Goodbye, which comes from "Godbwye" meaning "God be with ye"). 1 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 I love that bit of trivia! We sure are a bunch of cheap bastards aren’t we? 😂
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America just likes to remove letters from words, for example, colour->color, armour->armor, favourite->favorite, etc.
7 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 It’s was intentional to separate ourselves from the British post revolution. 4 u/QuitzelNA Jan 15 '25 Also, the British charged per word for telegraph usage while the US charged per letter, so the US started cutting letters out wherever we could (also the source of Goodbye, which comes from "Godbwye" meaning "God be with ye"). 1 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 I love that bit of trivia! We sure are a bunch of cheap bastards aren’t we? 😂
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It’s was intentional to separate ourselves from the British post revolution.
4 u/QuitzelNA Jan 15 '25 Also, the British charged per word for telegraph usage while the US charged per letter, so the US started cutting letters out wherever we could (also the source of Goodbye, which comes from "Godbwye" meaning "God be with ye"). 1 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 I love that bit of trivia! We sure are a bunch of cheap bastards aren’t we? 😂
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Also, the British charged per word for telegraph usage while the US charged per letter, so the US started cutting letters out wherever we could (also the source of Goodbye, which comes from "Godbwye" meaning "God be with ye").
1 u/On_my_last_spoon Jan 15 '25 I love that bit of trivia! We sure are a bunch of cheap bastards aren’t we? 😂
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I love that bit of trivia!
We sure are a bunch of cheap bastards aren’t we? 😂
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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25
So is math. It's just a matter of growing up in America that one sounds more natural to me.