I have noticed lately that a lot of users on Lemmy spell whining as “whinging” what’s up with that? I could understand if it was misspelled “wining” or somthing but that extra g really confuses me. Is this a misspelling specific for some region or is it lingo of some sort?
Funnily enough, this is backwards. American English is more conservative than British English.
Is it? Considering Webster ripped through a tonne of spellings it’s not really conservative in that regard. Maybe in pronunciation?
I’m speaking with reference to grammar and vocabulary, not spelling/orthography.
Tell that to color and aluminum.
There’s more to language than spelling.
American English tried to change many spellings (ie not conservative).
I’m not talking about orthographic reform. I’m talking about in terms of vocabulary and grammar—how it is under the hood (or bonnet, if you’re across the pond).
Much more complex, too, with all the extra loanwords from Native languages, Spanish, and German.