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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Simplified English vs Traditional English

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

It's not even that. At the time they split, English wasn't as standardized. You can see it looking back in the Lewis and Clark expedition journals written by Meriwether Lewis. He doesn't even have consistency in his own writing, and he was no country bumpkin.