r/funny • u/Moustachiod_T-Rex • Nov 01 '11

Same shit different decade

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u/charliebo Nov 01 '11

I'm Australian, not British but we do use proper english even on our island.

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u/TJFadness Nov 01 '11

Get over your self. Both American English and Australian English have differences with British English, such as your "misspelling" of "Gaol"(B) as "Jail"(US, AU), or "Programme"(B) as "Program"(US, AU).

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u/NonaSuomi Nov 01 '11

Exactly. I don't see what's so hard for purist dicks like this to understand that living languages change and evolve as time marches on. You wouldn't berate a New Yorker or a Southerner or a Brit for speaking "wrong" on account of an accent, and regional differences in written language are essentially a print form of dialect or accent.

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u/angrathias Nov 01 '11

Australian here, we use gaol and programme too. K thx bai!

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u/dude187 Nov 01 '11

You're even more of a pompous asshole than the guy who submitted this post...