misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 year agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18
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minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoThere is no better way to wind up Americans than writing in British English.
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoSchools in Germany regularly teach BE rather than AE.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThere are plenty, let’s be honest mate lol
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.
There are plenty, let’s be honest mate lol