Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoAmericans, when did you first become aware that "judgement" is spelt "judgment"?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1-16arrow-down1message-squareAmericans, when did you first become aware that "judgement" is spelt "judgment"?Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoI was born in the US. Until reading this thread about it’s legal usage, I would have assumed the one without the ‘e’ was a mistake.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoit’s not just legal usage; in AmE it’s supposed to not have an e anywhere
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago in AmE it’s supposed to not have an e anywhere Judgmnt
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days 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-up1·6 days 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
I was born in the US. Until reading this thread about it’s legal usage, I would have assumed the one without the ‘e’ was a mistake.
it’s not just legal usage; in AmE it’s supposed to not have an e anywhere
Judgmnt
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