The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 13 days agoI'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down127
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minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·13 days agoin this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-squareOvershoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·13 days agoAnd this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·13 days agoHaven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoWhenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Czechmate
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”