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[–] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    Looks like it's referring to this

    Roosevelt tried to force the federal government to adopt the system, sending an order to the Public Printer to use the system in all public federal documents. The order was obeyed; among the many documents printed using the system was the President's special message regarding the Panama Canal.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago

    In Australia it gave us the Labor party rather than the Labour Party... Even though we use British spellings for everything else.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    That led me down a rabbit hole. Not a deep one though.

    Edit: Or should I say "tho"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Every effort to fix English just adds more exceptions. Meanwhile everything written beforehand, or elsewhere, still uses the old way, so you often need to learn both versions.

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