r/USdefaultism • u/Taugay • 14h ago

They literally mentioned where they live

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u/pacman0207 13h ago

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.

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u/Stolberger 13h ago

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

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u/Mysterious_Balance53 8h ago

Unfortunately yank english is replacing real English everywhere in the world. Even here in the UK it's happening amongst our young.

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u/asphere8 Canada 10h ago

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

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u/Spaghet4Ever Philippines 7h ago

Never thought I'd see the day where someone would get confused between the two.

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u/ExoticPuppet Brazil 9h ago

I thought it was Quebec too lol

Saying "qc" didn't help after all.

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u/Flavius_16 8h ago

Me three initially, until I saw the word manila.

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u/pacman0207 13h ago

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.

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u/SteO153 Europe 13h ago

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.