misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 years agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18
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minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoI normally complain about American English and the atrocious things they do to the language, so I’m on the side of the high German here.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 years agoThere is no better way to wind up Americans than writing in British English.
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoSchools in Germany regularly teach BE rather than AE.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoFortunately. Unfortunately, the quality of that teaching largely depends on the individual teacher, which greatly varies, and for which there barely is a lower limit, though.
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I normally complain about American English and the atrocious things they do to the language, so I’m on the side of the high German here.
There is no better way to wind up Americans than writing in British English.
Schools in Germany regularly teach BE rather than AE.
Fortunately.
Unfortunately, the quality of that teaching largely depends on the individual teacher, which greatly varies, and for which there barely is a lower limit, though.
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