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minus-square@Zip2@feddit.uklinkfedilink5•3 months ago*litre https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
minus-squareThe QuuuuuilllinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoin this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
minus-square@Overshoot2648@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•3 months agoAnd this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
minus-square@Zip2@feddit.uklinkfedilink4•3 months agoHaven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
minus-square@ZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoWhenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Czechmate
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
“lee-tray”