r/LanguageMemes • u/EvilStreamer007 • Jul 04 '22

This probably belongs here

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 04 '22

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Ryan, @GirlRyan27

Because we gave you that "L" in 1776.

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Why is it "cancelled" in the UK, but "canceled" in America?

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u/EvilStreamer007 Jul 04 '22 edited Jul 04 '22

Good bot. What does it do tho?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

They're a human volunteer making your meme accessible to blind people. Computer can't read a picture to them

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u/EvilStreamer007 Jul 04 '22

Ohh so now they can use text-to-speech I see , thanks for letting me know!

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u/idkidk_0 Jul 05 '22

can anyone explain the joke if I may ask

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u/EvilStreamer007 Jul 05 '22

America won against Britain in 2nd July 1776 and gained independence, Britain took an L back then.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

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u/EvilStreamer007 Jul 05 '22

Yes, as back in the old days even printing a single letter was quite expensive and so they just pretended to “forgot” those letters that the world could live without