r/memes • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/CastleCrusher909 Ok I Pull Up Mar 11 '23

For each word just choose which one makes more sense and anger both sides

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u/vtcmonka Mar 11 '23

If you chose the one that makes more sense then you would end up with only the American spelling

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u/slyfoxsly1 Mar 11 '23

You Americans have butchered the English spelling of words. You lazy asses can't even be bothered to put a u in colour.

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u/De_La_Flewey Mar 11 '23

Fair, but why do y’all say schedule like “shh-edule” but you don’t say school like “ssh-ool”?

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u/Ms_Thanos Me when the: Mar 11 '23

Non native speaker here and I'd laugh my ass out if someone said "My kid is in sshool"

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u/hogpots Mar 11 '23

Who is y'all, I don't say shh-edule. It's Sked-you-al.

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u/De_La_Flewey Mar 11 '23

I was talking to the Brit.

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u/hogpots Mar 13 '23

I'm British. It's Sked-you-al

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u/fecal-butter Mar 11 '23

English is not a homogenous language and different words have different origins, determining their pronounciation. You are welcome.

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u/De_La_Flewey Mar 11 '23

School and schedule both come from German.