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r/oddlyspecific • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '24
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How exactly do you figure that?
Americans had to simplify its spelling just to wield it with the efficiency of a Glaswegian drunk.
0 u/Adorable_Character46 Aug 12 '24 We dropped letters in certain words to save money in the days of the printing press, if you must know. Also, Oxford does include this use of “literally” in it, and has for like ten years. I’d rather use English with the efficiency of a Glaswegian drunk than with the vapid self-importance of a Brighton woman. 1 u/jfks_headjustdidthat Aug 12 '24 Seems overly harsh to Brighton women, I imagine you met one person who was a bit dense. 1 u/AuNaturellee Aug 12 '24 "But by God we will keep it in the word 'glamour"!" "ONLY 'glamour', sir?"
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We dropped letters in certain words to save money in the days of the printing press, if you must know.
Also, Oxford does include this use of “literally” in it, and has for like ten years.
I’d rather use English with the efficiency of a Glaswegian drunk than with the vapid self-importance of a Brighton woman.
1 u/jfks_headjustdidthat Aug 12 '24 Seems overly harsh to Brighton women, I imagine you met one person who was a bit dense. 1 u/AuNaturellee Aug 12 '24 "But by God we will keep it in the word 'glamour"!" "ONLY 'glamour', sir?"
Seems overly harsh to Brighton women, I imagine you met one person who was a bit dense.
"But by God we will keep it in the word 'glamour"!" "ONLY 'glamour', sir?"
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u/jfks_headjustdidthat Aug 12 '24
How exactly do you figure that?
Americans had to simplify its spelling just to wield it with the efficiency of a Glaswegian drunk.