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Old 09-21-2017, 02:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
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If it already seems confusing for native English speakers, it's even more for someone who had to learn it as a foreign language.
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Old 09-21-2017, 02:18 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I confuse native English speakers all of the time!
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Is there a U.K. to U.S. English translator?

How about text to English? I would pay money for that!
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Pretty shi*e though.
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Yeah it is simplified!
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British English: colour, favour, honour, labour
American English: color, favor, honor, labor
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British English: Sulphur
American English: Sulfur
One example I remembered was plough > plow
English is already complicated. Why let it be worse?
America! Heck yeah!
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English

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