I think websites should use the English flag to mess with people
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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Use the flag of Scotland and watch the absolute madness in the online threads over everything.
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Speak native american!!
Languages and nationalities are not a one-to-one match anyway. What would you expect from a Canadian flag? French, or English? The USA has NO official language, so that makes even less sense.
I wish people would stop trying to replace words with cute little images.
As a Brit I feel like I'm going to have a cardiac arrest from cholesterol buildup every time I have to click the cheeseburger flag; so I can appreciate where they're coming from.
The British, when they have to click the American flag for English, and then they see "color" without the "u":
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There's no U in color. FIGHT ME!
Yes there is. And American English had it too before it was removed because the population needed it simplifiying.
We did. Famously we lost and you got to go your own way and stop paying us taxes.
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English (simplified) or spanglish? I'll let americans decide which is better