The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11.28K
arrow-up11.28KimageI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square199fedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days ago*litre https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoin this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWhenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAnd this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoHaven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.