@CriticalCupcake Ha!

@CriticalCupcake My understanding is that American English should be considered traditional, and British English should be Modern English!

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english

@CriticalCupcake That second one should read Ingliʃ

@CriticalCupcake@tech.lgbt That's what it is though. US spelling was designed with simplification in mind!

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Obligatory Michael McIntyre:

https://youtu.be/UCo0hSFAWOc

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One has words like "thee", "thy", "verily", or "morrow"
The other's diction contains terms like "honky", "wassup", and "f'real"

@CriticalCupcake the letter 'a' can make _14_ different sounds. Simplify it more!

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@CriticalCupcake this is an edit

@CriticalCupcake@tech.lgbt as an American
They are absolutely correct​:blobfoxthumbsup:​

@CriticalCupcake@tech.lgbt as an European

They are absolutely correct​:blobfoxthumbsup:​

@CriticalCupcake I declare this to be the new standard on Chinese websites for English readers.

@CriticalCupcake Two countries separated by a common language.

@CriticalCupcake Honestly, my first impression wasn't favorable and it's certainly overblown, but Webster's dictionary of 1828, which can be seen as an authoritative source on spelling words in American English, did suggest more "simplified" spellings of commonly-used words, so it can be said that there is (insignificant) historic precedent.

I don't think American English is simplified, should be (Complicated)

@CriticalCupcake I take back everytging I said about "Flags are not Languages" 🤣🤪

@CriticalCupcake Ahora no sé qué inglés estudiar.