misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 个月前Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down18cross-posted to: worldnews@civilloquy.comglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 个月前message-square88fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@civilloquy.comglobalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-24 个月前I normally complain about American English and the atrocious things they do to the language, so I’m on the side of the high German here.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·4 个月前There is no better way to wind up Americans than writing in British English.
minus-square5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 个月前Schools in Germany regularly teach BE rather than AE.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-24 个月前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.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 个月前There are plenty, let’s be honest mate lol
I normally complain about American English and the atrocious things they do to the language, so I’m on the side of the high German here.
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