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Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by Walf on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:57AM (#16028819)
International English.

Supposably, Americans could care less that other English-speaking countries are closer to en-GB than en-US, despite the relentless onslaught of inconsiderate software defaults.

Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by petepete on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:27AM (#16028928)
> Americans could care less

So they do care?

Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by Walf on Friday December 29, 2017 @07:07PM (#16032925)
Only the ones that care about English, generally.
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by yesenadam on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:25AM (#16028918)
Hehe.. I set my wordpress site to Australian English, but one look at my new edit page with its permanent "G'day" made me change it immediately back to GB-English.
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by clort on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:36AM (#16028965)
I always think that the way that is written, is irrelevant to the way that it is spoken. I don't want to read it like it is spoken (Irvine Welsh I dislike your books though have no problem with the films), I want to read the words that communicate the concept.
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by bigal67 on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:28AM (#16029360)
supposedly ;) Sorry... being slightly facetious :)
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by petepete on Friday December 29, 2017 @10:41AM (#16029958)
I think supposably is a valid word and makes sense in this context.

The meaning overlaps a lot with supposedly, which is much more-commonly used, so it sounds a bit odd.

Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by Walf on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:19PM (#16032417)
I hope that you, too are being sarcastic. The meaning doesn't overlap, it's the same word, mispronounced.
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by petepete on Sunday December 31, 2017 @04:14AM (#16039934)
Re:A book claims that Americanisms will have absorbed the En... by bigal67 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:52AM (#16051561)
Supposably is a real word, but the meaning is different.

It is a synonym for "conceivable", whereas supposedly means: "according to what is accepted or believed to be true"

see: http://www.dictionary.com/e/supposedly-vs-supposably/