Flax@feddit.uk to Feddit UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agoAre we secretly being run by yanks???? Why can't you spell "licence" properly 🤬🤬🤬feddit.ukimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down122
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageAre we secretly being run by yanks???? Why can't you spell "licence" properly 🤬🤬🤬feddit.ukFlax@feddit.uk to Feddit UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAuzy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoI’m Aussie, and the funny thing is, at least 3 of us literally wasted at least an hour at work once discussing which way to spell this in our documents. And then I forgot what we decided on a month later anyway. So I still tend to spell it both ways
minus-squarefrazorth@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI don’t know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context. https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk/2019/07/licence-vs-license-top-spelling-tricks-to-help-you-get-it-right/
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI think the noun/verb difference is a little more clear-cut than just saying it depends on context. There’s plenty(?) of words that are spelt with a verb–noun distinction: since I’m licensed, I can show you my licence she advised me and it was good advice he devised a clever device I practised for years before I got my practice and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress): Tomorrow I record my record I suspect that that suspect is the one She’ll present her present
I’m Aussie, and the funny thing is, at least 3 of us literally wasted at least an hour at work once discussing which way to spell this in our documents.
And then I forgot what we decided on a month later anyway. So I still tend to spell it both ways
I don’t know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context.
https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk/2019/07/licence-vs-license-top-spelling-tricks-to-help-you-get-it-right/
I think the noun/verb difference is a little more clear-cut than just saying it depends on context.
There’s plenty(?) of words that are spelt with a verb–noun distinction:
and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress):