• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …no. Non-US English speakers absolutely do not say gaol instead of jail lmao and haven’t for a loooooong time.

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      1 year ago

      How do you know we’re not secretly saying “gaol” but you’re hearing it as “jail”?