archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days ago"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it"midwest.socialimagemessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down1159file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1image"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it"midwest.socialarchomrade [he/him]@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agomessage-square131fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDonutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days ago You always capitalise[sic] Russia, but then generalise[sic] “the west”. What kind of US Defaultism is this? Capitalise and generalise are 100% correct in British English.
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·edit-215 days agoI honestly did not know there were alternate British spellings of those words. All I know is my spellcheck was flagging them, and i only know the American spelling. The broader point remains.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·15 days agoAustralia and Ireland checking in, the american spelling is the alternative!
What kind of US Defaultism is this? Capitalise and generalise are 100% correct in British English.
I honestly did not know there were alternate British spellings of those words. All I know is my spellcheck was flagging them, and i only know the American spelling.
The broader point remains.
Australia and Ireland checking in, the american spelling is the alternative!