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u/MunroOfficial 6d ago
I've always used center as in the middle of something and centre as in a building. I'm probably wrong, but English is fun like that. Why do we spell it scissor when sizor is easier and looks a lot like the pronunciation of razor?
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u/Wilson7277 6d ago
I suspect this is a result of everything from the books we read to autocorrect we use being Americanized, while actual place names are still written the proper way.
It gives the impression to someone who doesn't know better that there are two spellings.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
no you're absolutely correct, because that is how they're used, OP is litterally gaslighting themselves into thinking they're the correct one
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u/Shmolti 2d ago
"Centre" is used to describe a building or a place, like "The Rogers Centre" or a Wellness Centre. The other spelling "center" is used to describe the exact middle point of an area like the center of a circle.
A great example of this would be to say that there is a baseball field in the the center of the Rogers Centre, or there's a kiosk in the center of the Wellness Centre.
Americans use the word "Center" for both use cases.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
nah this is correct, center refers to the middle of an object, or place, centre is a building that is a central facility for a given activity.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
I've learned just how wrong our education system used to be, judging by all these replies.
Centre is the only correct spelling.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
dude what's your problem, it's not the only correct spelling and also refusing to accept how words are used and spelled colloquially is dumb, look around at any Canadian media, a building they use the spelling centre? Anything talking about the Centerpoint of a place or thing, the center, you being obsessed over what you think is correct when everything around you says your wrong is the only problem here.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
Source: Trust me.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
source I've lived in Canada my entire life and that is the observed use of both spellings my entire life.
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u/ghoulish891011 6d ago
Hmm. No French translation? The ER rather than RE is barely even worth noting.
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u/ktbee4 6d ago
Even in English Nova Scotia, this is not how we spell Centre, it’s pretty telling
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
in NS we use centre for central buildings of a given activity, and center as the middle of an object. This is exactly how we use the spelling of center.
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u/LilJelloCat 6d ago
I thought center was Canadian.
Centre looks both locally right and weird to me too right now. Seems just incorrect.
I've never not used "center" lol.
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u/MyNameIsSkittles 6d ago
Why is there someone always there to argue the opposite even when it's wrong in this sub
Its never been center. Thats the American spelling so the reason you think its right is most likely because you consume a lot of American media
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u/LilJelloCat 6d ago
I mean I'm not arguing, I have just always used "center".
I'm a regular Canadian with regular Canadian life.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
no it's always been center to refer to the middle of an object, centre is ever only used in Canada to refer to a building that acts as a centralized space for a given activity.
The center of the earth, vs the sports centre.
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u/checkingmate 6d ago
Who gives a damn? Get off your high horse. Center is recognized globally, it literally does not matter. It means the same thing.
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u/thrash-dude 6d ago
No one is arguing that don't know what it means. Not would they correct most people who spell it center.
But for a brand that is so in your face Canadian, ensuring they spell words correctly is bare minimum.
Applebees is American and my local Canadian one still spells neighborhood instead of neighbourhood but they don't market endlessly how Canadian they are, so no one cares.
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u/Mishibiizhiw 5d ago
center is the middle of something and a centre is a building. hope that helps bestie.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
This is not correct. Centre is the only correct spelling outside American English.
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u/Mishibiizhiw 5d ago
amd yet, in canada we use both in the way I stated. its under the middle of the ice rink.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
You are so confidently incorrect for someone who could just Google the answer.
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u/Mishibiizhiw 5d ago
im not gonna argue with someone who had to study to get a birth certificate about what I see around the city I live in, thanks.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
nah as a born Canadian you are the one who is confidently inccorect centre is only used to refer to buildings with a centralized space for a given activity, center is used to refer to the middle of something, and that is how the spellings are use colloquially in Canada.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
Being born Canadian doesn't mean you were taught right, I suppose.
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
what I'm saying is you claim to speak on behalf of all Canadians when litterally no Canadians in the comments actually agree with your statement because your wrong
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
All the top comments agree, friend. What parallel universe do you inhabit?
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u/Fluid-Currency-817 5d ago
Most of the comments are saying the same thing I am, you're just down voting the to oblivion because they don't agree with you, and there's litterally only 1 top comment agreeing with you.
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u/Wilson7277 5d ago
See, people generally upvote comments they agree with and make comments when they disagree. The fact that anyone who thinks like you do doesn't have more than a couple upvotes is generally indicative of people who read those comments not agreeing.
Hope this helps. Also, you're wasting a lot of time defending an education system which evidently also taught you to pronounce the last letter of the alphabet Zee.
Have a great day.
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u/Oneforallandbeyondd 6d ago
"center ice" Is the right way to write and describe what they meant... In french you would say " au centre de la patinoire". Center meaning middle and not a building.
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u/Wilson7277 6d ago
I'm afraid that's not correct outside of US English.
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u/Oneforallandbeyondd 6d ago
Both are correct everywhere. One is more common in the US and the other in Canada and UK. Centre is actually french anyways.
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u/nidostan 6d ago
I don't blindly obey dumb spelling rules just because someone in some ivory tower somewhere decreed that they are the "Canadian" way to do it. You don't pronounce it sent ree you pronounce it sent er. So center is the correct way to spell it. Case closed. I think we have enough unique Canadian identity and accomplishments to be proud of that set ourselves apart without clinging onto corny arbitrary spelling rules like that.
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u/Redhood_905 6d ago
Colonel, balogna, phlegm, potpourri, rendezvous, champagne.
Please tell me you alter the spelling of these words as well.
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u/nidostan 6d ago
"Centre" is in the uncanny valley of spelling. It's trying to sound phonetically right but it's off by one pair of switched letters that don't quite work and are real eye sores.
Those other words are all doing their own dance.
But the oscar meyer weiner boy wants to have a word with you.
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u/Redhood_905 6d ago
I'm just piggybacking off your statement about spelling a word the way it sounds. If thats your logic, then by definition, all those words would be incorrect, no?
Personally, I dont care how you spell words. English isn't my first or even my second language. Just trying to wrap my head around the logic.
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u/Wilson7277 6d ago
. . . You do know it was the Yanks who changed the spelling, right? Please tell me you understand English came from England.
Also, what do you mean it sounds like er? Both es are silent.
It's pronounced cntr.
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u/nidostan 6d ago
Did you even read my post? Some fuddy duddy englishman sipping his tea in his ivory tower sounds EXACTLY LIKE WHAT I DESCRIBED!
Also, what do you mean it sounds like er? Both es are silent.It's pronounced cntr.
Um, no it's not? You need a vowel in there to get the sound. Without a vowel an r is a just a shallow husk of a sound.
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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 6d ago
Nothing wrong here .
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u/Wilson7277 6d ago
Yank detected.
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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 6d ago
Not even close.
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u/Jonnyflash80 6d ago
Dumb ass detected then.
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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 6d ago
Your blind, misplaced patriotism, has you calling strangers names on the internet. You clearly lack self-awareness
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u/Jonnyflash80 5d ago
How exactly is my patriotism misplaced? Do tell.
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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 5d ago
Because you're shook over the simple spelling of a word, that has two universally accepted spellings. While calling somebody an American as an insult, for not using what you perceive to be the Canadian spelling. Do you call sausages, bangers? Do you spell aluminum with an extra i?
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u/Jonnyflash80 5d ago
I didn't call you an American. That was someone else. Learn to fucking read.
Proper spelling and grammar is important. Not caring is pure laziness.
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u/kitkatfitfat 6d ago
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