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Also found this one last night.

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[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is Owlmerica, we speak Owl here!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That makes me think of US vs UK English:

Color/colour

Favorite/favourite

Aluminum/aluminium

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Whom" is proper in both American and UK English...

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes indeed, but I don't know if I'd need both hands to count the number if Americans I've heard use "whom" in a sentence outside of English class, let alone used it correctly. I don't even feel I see it written often here.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

American here: no idea how or when to use whom. Keep reading about it, but, uh, can never remember which is which.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I only had one teacher that taught it well, so I'm glad I liked her as a teacher and paid attention.

Who/whom and I/me I find work well when trying to make substitutions.

Check out these guides to see what I mean.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Of course! It's never too late to learn how to do something!

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Whom is never correct.

Edit: y'all need to watch the office

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds more like YOU'RE never correct.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Ryan used me as an object.

[–] duplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] duplexsystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Oh I see. Upvoted your original comment.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Just wait until they whip out whom'st've

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

What's "WOHM"?

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anyone else lightly bothered that they could've played the M two up and two right to get both 'whom' and 'om'?

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It would have distracted from the joke, but that's true!

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah. The joke works way better this way.

[–] AngelJamie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Takes me back to the "Whomst'd've" days