Eleanor pulled on her favourite grey sweater and stepped outside to check on her neighbour’s garden. The autumn colour was breathtaking — fibre-thin leaves of amber and crimson drifted past the old theatre on the corner. She had promised to catalogue the different plants while Margaret was travelling, and she took the task seriously. After scribbling notes in her cheque-book sized journal, she wandered back inside, put the kettle on, and settled in for a quiet afternoon. It was the kind of ordinary day she had learned to recognise as its own small gift.

🦅 US English

Eleanor pulled on her favorite gray sweater and stepped outside to check on her neighbor’s garden. The autumn color was breathtaking — fiber-thin leaves of amber and crimson drifted past the old theater on the corner. She had promised to catalog the different plants while Margaret was traveling, and she took the task seriously. After scribbling notes in her check-book sized journal, she wandered back inside, put the kettle on, and settled in for a quiet afternoon. It was the kind of ordinary day she had learned to recognize as its own small gift.

texture@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 115d (2 replies)

as an english canadian, i now feel so validated in my inability to confidently spell these words

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 115d

You should see my spell checker and grammar checker light up on the US one.

albbi@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 115d

This is why I never know if a word ends with re or er.

a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 115d (1 reply)

Wow, I never really appreciated just how different American spelling is until I read this

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 115d

This is just a small amount of words.

cadekat@pawb.social · 2 pts · 114d (1 reply)

My personal favourite is "colourized".

Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 114d

I will admit I had AI write this because I did not know what some of the words they spell wrong were; I did not know that they did not hace cheques rather they had checks.

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 115d (1 reply)

spelled

It's spelt.

czarcasm@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 114d

Spelt is a grain. :)

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 115d

Correction to title: It's the "Trump/Epstein Files". Go Manitoba! Go Canada!

cheeseburger@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 115d

Based Kinew:

“What we want to see happen, is get all these tariffs lifted and the threat of tariffs to stop,” Kinew said. “Maybe we should say that they need to release the Epstein files and then we’ll remove the booze ban.”

“Donald Trump obviously does not like talking about the Epstein files because he’s mentioned in there so often,” the premier added.

texture@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 115d

solid move bud

betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 114d

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vovin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 114d

Kinew for Prime Minister!

Alloi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 113d

Fuck yea wab. Tell em'

ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 114d

I need to stop drinking anyway.