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minus-squareBagel5941@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoTIL that aeroplane is commonwealth english.
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·11 months agoNo, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons “Aeroplane” is fancypants English
minus-squarethecrotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·11 months agoAmericans invented it, Americans get to name it
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoOr did they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight
minus-squaredylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down7·11 months agoBrought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months ago…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for a loooooong time.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agodownvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·11 months agoIt’s an archaic word that pretty much fell out of usage in the 1800s. People don’t say it. It’s a word in very much the same way forsooth or something is. That’s why I downvoted.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoRecently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.
TIL that aeroplane is commonwealth english.
No, “airplane” is simplified English, for simpletons
“Aeroplane” is fancypants English
Americans invented it, Americans get to name it
Or did they?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight
Brought to you by the people who spell jail as gaol
…no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for a loooooong time.
downvotes of those that don’t know that’s actually a word.
It’s an archaic word that pretty much fell out of usage in the 1800s. People don’t say it. It’s a word in very much the same way forsooth or something is.
That’s why I downvoted.
Recently saw Gaolor being played on Cats does Countdown so I think it counts.