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*litre
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true
in this context i actively refuse to respect British spelling
It’s French.
And this is English. Do you write an exchequer or a check?
Yeah sorry it’s a cheque
*Czech.
Czechmate
Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.
Whenever I see meter and liter spelled the English way I pronounce it Frenchly in my head with a gargled R.
"lee-tray"