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minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·4 months agoThis is Webster, named after the guy who butchered English for fun and fame? It’s like dunning-kruger became a linguistic architect.
minus-squarewarbond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWasn’t he trying to simplify it? He’s the reason for most of our Americanized spellings, I’m pretty sure.
This is Webster, named after the guy who butchered English for fun and fame? It’s like dunning-kruger became a linguistic architect.
Wasn’t he trying to simplify it? He’s the reason for most of our Americanized spellings, I’m pretty sure.