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It’s the same in both, it was deliberate. Wikipedia lists a potential reason. > The title “Wolfs”, a grammatically incorrect plural of Wolf, is an apparent reference to the character of Winston Wolfe (aka “Mr Wolf”) - an iconic “fixer” in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfs_(film)
I don’t buy it.
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I don’t buy it.
Well do you talk about Nissan Leafs, or Nissan Leaves? I'd probably use the former
Regardless of who is correct or not, the bus advert to me as a British person reads and scans as a spelling mistake or grammar error. Googling to find they’re allegedly talking about Winston Wolfe doesn’t remedy that problem. Plus that would be Wolfes.
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This site is exhausting sometimes. Y'all really have the ability to pedantically pick apart everything.
I agree, getting my comment flagged for nitpicking spelling in a post about nitpicking spelling is very exhausting. Even more so when the person I nitpicked replied to my comment and showed no issue with my nitpick.
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There is BSD and Berkley was an English philosopher…but ironically only if the external world exists.
Anglo-Irish, born in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Speaking as a non-native English speaker, I'm not sure how I feel about American imperialism replacing British imperialism in general, but as far as English spelling and phonology goes, god bless America.
Both British and American English spellings are objectively incorrect. The only reason anyone believes them to be correct is that teachers in both countries have joined a cabal to play a mass prank on their pupils. Any second now, they will reveal that it was all just a big joke.
Now, I'll agree wholeheartedly that English orthography is atrocious in general, regardless of which flavor you pick. American one is a tad simpler, though, and that's all I meant by my comment. Ditto phonology - English in general is phonologically rather complicated for non-native speakers, especially due to its many vowels that often don't map neatly to the more conventional vowel systems. But, again, GA vowel setup is slightly less complicated.
Calling British English (also known as just English) 'non-American English' is like calling an original a 'non-duplicate'. American is basically English with typos, bad grammar, and bad style.
I like and endorse Webster's reforms (-or, -er, -ize). Why write the French way? What have the Normans ever done for us? Apart from the legal system, chivalry, heraldry, and centuries of low-key class warfare.
And the abolition of slavery in England - not of great benefit to the rest of the world I suppose.
Some of the evolution of parliamentary democracy?
Low key class warfare is better than the high key version - look at the French revolution and the like!
The man who got really pissed off by complete disconnection between spelling and pronunciation of words in English was George Bernard Shaw. Throughout his life he was an avid critic of the latin alphabet that was (and still is) used to represent spoken words. He was so frustrated that shortly before his death in 1950 Shaw put the creation of a new alphabet in his will backed by grant in aid. And thus the Shavian alph…
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Well do you talk about Nissan Leafs, or Nissan Leaves? I'd probably use the former
I can’t say I often have cause to talk about multiple Nissans. Plus the car is called a Leaf. Regardless of who is correct or not, the bus advert to me as a British person reads and scans as a spelling mistake or grammar error. Googling to find they’re allegedly talking about Winston Wolfe doesn’t remedy that problem. Plus that would be Wolfes.
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I find it ironic that you're making an argument about how language evolves in the same sentence that you insist on an awkward "s/he" instead of just using a singular "they" (or if you're Richard Stallman, whatever neopronoun he fancies, I forgot what it is)
there exists nothing else other than a she or a he. Executive Order was signed more than a month ago, have you not heard?