misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoThere is no better way to wind up Americans than writing in British English.
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoSchools in Germany regularly teach BE rather than AE.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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-up7·2 months 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