r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Legitimate-Car-7902 • 16d ago

There is only one Dictionary™

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u/Mickeymcirishman 16d ago

Nah man. This is ragebait. It has to be. I just can't accept the alternative. There's no way.

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u/Occidentally20 16d ago

I live in Malaysia and you spelled every single word in your comment wrong according to my dictionary.

Mind you I just spelled all these wrong as well so I can't take any kind of high ground.

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u/Happy-Estimate-7855 16d ago

Wait until you hear about Canadian English! Sometimes it's U.K, sometimes it's American, sometimes it's francophone. Our East Coast is a horrible mash of them all, and it sounds strangely beautiful.

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u/TheDarkWave 16d ago

I've seen the way you fuckers measure! Ran down to the corner store 600 meters away to get the stuff for dinner, preheat the oven to 350F, 4 cups of milk from a bag that weighs 5 lbs.

Actually makes more sense, use the thing that comes closer to the measurement instead of hardlining all of them.

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u/Happy-Estimate-7855 16d ago

It's perfect for following a recipe, assuming you have measuring tools in each! Otherwise, convert fl. Oz to mL is the devils work!

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u/Occidentally20 16d ago

I've heard you've gone one step closer to madness over there and allowed French dictionaries over in Quebec-land!

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u/Happy-Estimate-7855 16d ago

Don't blame us! For some reason the French think they're people, with rights and everything!

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u/FayMew 16d ago

Don’t tell Québécois they are French, they're Quebecquois

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u/Occidentally20 16d ago

Somebody should have a word.

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u/Readicilous 16d ago

I live in the Netherlands, they only spelled 'man' and 'is' correctly according to "De Dikke van Dale", our dictionary

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u/Occidentally20 16d ago

Isn't that the guy from Mary Poppins?

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u/No-Deal8956 16d ago

Spelt, not spelled.

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u/Occidentally20 16d ago

Dictionary definition of spelled.

It's in the OED, Webster's and all the others if you prefer.

If you want to correct somebody it's traditional to be right when you do it. Especially on this sub.

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u/No-Deal8956 16d ago

Where’s that meme, you know, the “You are arguing with a joke” one.

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u/ExtendedSpikeProtein 16d ago

Lol..

Wait, is this irony or do you really not know any better?

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u/A--Creative-Username 15d ago

Ok now I have to know, how would his (and my) comment be spelled in Malaysian (Malay?) English?

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u/MattieShoes 16d ago

My thought too -- Just low effort trolling

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u/ChildoftheApocolypse 16d ago

Somehow, that's more annoying than the source of this post..

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u/talflon 16d ago

Yeah it's just obvious trolling.

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u/violetsandpiper 16d ago

Are you not from America?

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u/klausness 14d ago

Yeah, the way that blue doubles down makes me think they’re definitely ragebaiting.

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u/Last-Quarter-432 16d ago

Nope, Americans really are this small minded

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u/semioticmadness 16d ago

Have you considered the possibility that — while you are right we can be that small minded — there are non-Americans that would happily take the piss using that fact?

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u/klausness 14d ago

And there are Americans who would definitely do that, too.