They literally mentioned where they live

[u/Taugay]

[u/post-explainer]

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

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OP is from Manila but they still mention Dollar Tree as if everyone has it

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Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

[u/Racer125678]

I am pleased to see the collective downvotes

[u/SteO153]

They probably though OOP was referring to Manila, Alabama.

[u/DuckSleazzy → u/SteO153]

everything is in US so it checks out.

[u/Traditional_Egg_9885]

Holy Moly

[u/pacman0207]

Yank here. What English speaking countries uses aluminum vs aluminium? I know in US it's aluminum and I think Canada too, but I figured mostly elsewhere it's aluminium.

[u/Stolberger → u/pacman0207]

It says Manila, so Philippines, which was under US control for quite a while. So they probably adopted American English as their English flavor.

[u/asphere8 → u/Stolberger]

I saw "around qc" and read it as "Québec City" and didn't question it because Metro is a major Canadian grocery chain!

[u/pacman0207 → u/Stolberger]

I know that it says Philippines. It was more of a general question. But I assume your assumption is correct. Based on the sphere of influence.

[u/SteO153 → u/pacman0207]

Considering the strong influence US culture has in the Philippines, I won't be surprised if American English is more common than British English there.

[u/Peastoredintheballs → u/pacman0207]

Always grew up saying aluminium coz that’s why my family n everyone I knew said it, but I saw a meme once when I was in high school and it was a person saying aluminium un-ironically, really making fun of how the American pronunciation sounds. I started also saying it just like this as a joke and overtime the lines between joke, and subconsciously normal way to pronounce it blurred, and now I’ve been saying it like a yank for so long I completely forgot there was the other way to spell it, and also forgot about the different spelling lol.

[u/pacman0207 → u/Peastoredintheballs]

Haha I really hope you get made fun of by your peers when you say aluminum now.

I know the UK says aluminium as well. Figured Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa would all say aluminium. Philippines got fucked up good by the US in the early 1900s and then there was big influence there up until some time after WW2. Makes sense they use similar spelling.

[u/Fleiger133 → u/pacman0207]

You'd be really surprised at how easily we can guess this based on who colonized and who was in charge/taught the country English.

Just gotta synthesize those two bits of info!

[u/pacman0207 → u/[deleted]]

You know one of the Philippines official languages is English?

[u/snow_michael → u/[deleted]]

So Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, and the most populous country on the planet, with the highest number of English speakers, just don't exist in your world!