Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoCanadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spellingcheknews.caexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCanadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spellingcheknews.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agotrying to regulate how language is used is a hallmark of fascist governments
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSpoken like an American: monolingual and ignorant
minus-squarekhar21@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoDamn, didn’t know almost the entire world is fascist! https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUya3NhZ2RyNWZtcDBkeHp4djhzM2s0dW9nams2eXFmc2w3ZzE0OG4yZyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/jQmVFypWInKCc/giphy.gif
minus-squarek0e3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s standardization, not censorship. So I think your take is easy overblown. If anything, it helps us understand each other better. Although, I have to admit, sticking to British English when we already have Canadian English is friggin dumb and a huge waste of effort.
trying to regulate how language is used is a hallmark of fascist governments
Spoken like an American: monolingual and ignorant
what?
Damn, didn’t know almost the entire world is fascist! https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUya3NhZ2RyNWZtcDBkeHp4djhzM2s0dW9nams2eXFmc2w3ZzE0OG4yZyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/jQmVFypWInKCc/giphy.gif
it is though
It’s standardization, not censorship. So I think your take is easy overblown. If anything, it helps us understand each other better.
Although, I have to admit, sticking to British English when we already have Canadian English is friggin dumb and a huge waste of effort.