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He wasn’t just using British spelling, but British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad. And he clearly wrote at a “native” level. And he was active - writ
by JetSetWilly 5y ago
He wasn’t just using British spelling, but British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad. And he clearly wrote at a “native” level.
And he was active - writing commits and emails - in UK hours, not American hours.
Is it some kind of US nationalism that insists on ignoring all this?
- finite_jest 5y ago> British coloquialisms that are not taught abroad What are some examples of those?
- JetSetWilly 5y agoHe would use terms like "bloody hard" or "wet blanket" which I would doubt are taught to foreigners learning English even with British spelling. However - his spelling was a bit inconsistent. The "Len Sassaman" theory is interesting - as he was known to write in a somewhat British style (for whatever reason) - but not consistently - and was in the right timezone at the time. Or perhaps Satoshi was a synthesis of multiple different people which would explain a lot of the inconsistency as well.
- ashwagary 5y ago>He would use terms like "bloody hard" or "wet blanket" which I would doubt are taught to foreigners learning English even with British spelling. These coloquialisms are common in Africa/Asia. This is the case for most ex-colonies.