• BossDj@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    We usually just keep spelling things incorrectly until the dictionary gives up and adds the misspelling as correct

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      1 year ago

      You just described the evolution of all language. Nothing unique to US America there.

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      1 year ago

      You do realize that’s how dictionarys have always worked after all we stopped using little s because the serifs made them look like f so we started using 's instead so technically Mary’s dog is there. Is misspelled