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On 3/30/2024 10:03 PM, Your Name wrote:True, but then things like a "gallon" still differ because the UK gallon is based on the decimal system while the US gallon stayed with the old system.On 2024-03-31 03:48:30 +0000, suzeeq said:While GB officially went metric, many people still use the Imperial measurements, at least for linear measures, not so much for weight.On 3/30/2024 7:28 PM, Rhino wrote:The English language originates from a melding of many sources with words being 'borrowed' from other languages, including French, German, Gaelic, Celtic, etc. Some words have altered over time, but some words (e.g. rendezvous) have stayed the same as the original.I apologize in advance to Americans who are inevitably aggrieved by allI wondered why the Brits call cookies 'biscuits'. Then I realized it comes from the French word for cookies 'bicotte'. They also call eggplants 'aubergines' and zucchini 'corgettes'. There's probably dozens of other words I can't recall now.
things French just on principle but this video actually makes a pretty
good case for saying that English is badly-pronounced French to a large
extent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL29y0vJ8Q [18 minutes]
When he explains all the English words that are borrowed from French
with only slight spelling and pronunciation changes, you may well be
persuaded by his argument.
"American English" is a sub-version that has its own unique spellings and meanings for words. Partly because (despite hating the British rule) they have stubbornly stuck to out-dated versions of words, as well as out-dated measurement systems, that the original Pilgrims brought with them rather than staying contemporary with *real* English.
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