>Brits spell the word 'tire' with a Y
And you wonder why American English is winning.
Brits spell the word 'tire' with a Y
Jaxon Foster
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Liam Gray
>American English is winning.
We ayre?
Leo James
It makes sense. "Tire" in real English means to grow tired.
Brayden Mitchell
>still uses æ and þ
Brody Young
I thought Swedes didn’t have the “th” sound and ergo no need for thorn or eth. Are you thinking of Iceland? Or am I wrong?
Eli Torres
Do non-anglos choose one spelling over the other?
I usually choose it indiscriminately and mix both. For example, I prefer to use color instead of colour and and tarmac instead of asphalt (when referring to the pavement of streets).
Brody Jenkins
tarmac and asphalt aren’t regional afaik, I hear both all the of time.
I only see American spelling here except for: gray (I see grey a lot) and “re” vs “er” (it’s not that uncommon to see theatre or centre here in the states, believe it or not).
So yeah, I guess for those examples you have a choice, but if someone @‘s me with “aeroplane”or “-ise”, I may have to sock them in their jaw.
Charles Cook
"Tyre" is better, though. It does a better job at conveying the pronunciation, as well - kids couldn't possibly fuck something up when they read it for the first time.
Blake Gray
As far as I could tell, 'tarmac' in the American english is mostly used in the context of that airport area. See pic.
Jack Jenkins
Yes that’s correct
I now realize you meant exclusively in the context of roads. We call that asphalt usually, yes.
Austin Lee
'Grey' and 'cancelled' are the only two British spellings I see frequently here.
It's weird because the other one vs. two L words are usually spelled the American English way, but for some reason, 'canceled' a lot of times isn't.
Tyler Walker
I used to mix AmE and BrE, but I nowadays make a conscious effort to use BrE, at least most of the time.
British idioms strike me as odd most of the time, so I opt out for American ones, though.
Brandon Green
Shit, meant for . Didn't notice until now.
Isaiah Baker
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*breathes in*
Aiden Ramirez
Who gives a shit? Our spelling isn't phonetic anyway, if you're ESL then it's one less word to have to know by context.
Justin Fisher
none of the englishes are winning. the winners are the brit mummy fund whorekids and they are random as fuck.
Joshua Bailey
What the fuck
Chase Smith
>too stupid to remember to spell tire with a y
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Christopher Hughes
i genuinely don't know whether to use grey or gray. i feel like i use grey but i never even really notice
Austin Adams
what
Thomas Turner
How do you guys say gasmask
I say gas and mask like “ass”
Dylan Carter
i never realized it but i say it the same way, as does pretty much everyone i know now that i think about it
Easton Thomas
Brits say it differently. Their gas and mask may be different sounds.
Gaw-ss M(ass)k is what I’ve heard. Which sounds odd but British people say it’s normal
James Ortiz
We have thousands of accents so it can be vastly different from area to area.
Gass Maarsk.
t.West London
Jaxon Nelson
I've never understood why people from England and some people from the Northeast US insert these unnecessary r's into words
Nolan Williams
I don't really know why us Southerners do but northerners use the "ah" sound so.
David Kelly
They always spell jail with g and o