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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

We just stopped pretending we wanted to be French. The spelling is so much better now (ok it's still shit)

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    cheque is the british spelling, and how we civilised Commonwealth countries spell it

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "s" makes the sound in "snake". Use a "z" for the sound in "zebra" like a normal person :P

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    since when does english work with how things sound and not just how they're spelt because that's the rule? There's literally endless hours of content on youtube covering the idiosyncrasies of the language

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