Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoAmericans, when did you first become aware that "judgement" is spelt "judgment"?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1-13arrow-down1message-squareAmericans, when did you first become aware that "judgement" is spelt "judgment"?Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoit’s not just legal usage; in AmE it’s supposed to not have an e anywhere
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoI grew up with the ‘e’ in there, at least so far as I can remember. That I consider the version without an ‘e’ to be wrong would reenforce that.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agomost of my friends who grew up there never noticed the absence of the e until a spellcheck pointed it out, same might go for you too
it’s not just legal usage; in AmE it’s supposed to not have an e anywhere
I grew up with the ‘e’ in there, at least so far as I can remember. That I consider the version without an ‘e’ to be wrong would reenforce that.
most of my friends who grew up there never noticed the absence of the e until a spellcheck pointed it out, same might go for you too