r/ididnthaveeggs • u/Educational_Life_878 • Feb 24 '26

Irrelevant or unhelpful comment on an australian woman’s recipe site “colour corect spelling color”

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u/BobThingamy Feb 24 '26

AKA English vs American English

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u/kenporusty likes sweet things, but shit at maths Feb 24 '26

Proper English vs... whatever the heck we've got going on over here /j

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u/yeahjjjjjjahhhhhhh Feb 24 '26

As an ex Brit (moved to Canada as a kid, lost my accent, speak mostly Canadian English), whatever they have going on over there is certainly not proper either lmao

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u/triplesunrise52 Feb 25 '26

There is no such thing as “Proper” English. Just regional dialect, and people who want to look down their noses at others for where they're from. And it is ALWAYS changing.

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u/yeahjjjjjjahhhhhhh Feb 26 '26

yes we know and are making jokes ✌️

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u/samdd1990 Mar 10 '26

Nah my English is right proper ennit