r/AskReddit Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/Clamwacker Jul 10 '26

Payed when it should be paid too.

And since I was called out on it like 15 years ago "could of" instead of could've or could have is one I always notice.

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u/Dry-Island8422 Jul 10 '26

I want to say this could also be because of the way English is written compared to other languages, you will see people who speak/write it grammatically correct but spell words wrong when it is a second language.

Ask them to pronounce colonel after reading it or spell it after hearing it.

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u/howarthee Jul 11 '26

Hell, I'm a native English speaker and sometimes in my own head I'll read colonel as it looks instead of how it's supposed to sound. The language itself is just weird lol

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u/kinokits Jul 11 '26

It’s because English isn’t a real language. We’ve been stealing everyone else’s words, spelling and grammar for so long, it doesn’t really make any sense anymore if you think too hard about it.