Are we secretly being run by yanks???? Why can't you spell "licence" properly 🤬🤬🤬 : feddituk

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Oi, yew oll paid up on your posting loicense?

[+] raccoona_nongrata@beehaw.org 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My excuse is that I was tyred.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

I see what you did there. I hate it, but appreciate it.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Nice try; but as we see in Canada, the half-wits have also borrowed 'thru' from America too. But it doesn't stop there; I blame your comma splice indirectly on bad American schooling, for instance.

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

I've only seen "thru" in Canada for drive through signage, I assume since it's fewer letters it's cheaper to make bigger/more visible.

And kids who don't know any better, of course. I correct them every time they say "Zee* instead of "Zed", too

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am very glad that the sidebar does not log which admin wrote that.

whistles nonchalant

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago

🤔

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm Aussie, and the funny thing is, at least 3 of us literally wasted at least an hour at work once discussing which way to spell this in our documents.

And then I forgot what we decided on a month later anyway. So I still tend to spell it both ways

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context.

https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk/2019/07/licence-vs-license-top-spelling-tricks-to-help-you-get-it-right/

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I think the noun/verb difference is a little more clear-cut than just saying it depends on context.

There's plenty(?) of words that are spelt with a verb–noun distinction:

since I'm licensed, I can show you my licence
she advised me and it was good advice
he devised a clever device
I practised for years before I got my practice

and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress):

Tomorrow I record my record
I suspect that that suspect is the one
She'll present her present

[–] HollandJim@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Yank this buddy.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

Bloody yanks, stealing our memes. Bunch of bloody gits. God save the king, fellow britainites!

[–] Naich@kbin.social 5 points 7 months ago

How about a compromise - lisence?

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

I've always struggled in remembering how to spell licence. I never realised this is probably why.

[–] ns1@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Just use license as a verb, then the spellings are the same

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