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American here. Never seen the word written before.
by RajT88 2y ago
American here. Never seen the word written before.
- gabeio 2y agoSame had to actually look it up and at least Merriam-Webster lists the word as “chiefly British spellings of JAIL, JAILER”. Which at least hints that the dictionary writers thought it is less common out side of Britain.
- shiroiushi 2y agoObviously, you haven't visited any colonial American sites. It used to be the normal spelling.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoIt's a common spelling in fantasy video games and books, but it feels kind of performative. These same games will have voice actors pronounce "ye" as it's written, unaware that the y is a typographic substitute for Þ. "ye olde" is pronounced "the old". But likewise, there's some VAs that clearly only ever read a word, like in the newer God of War games where a character mangles "prescient".
- throaway89 2y agoIt's the traditional spelling. You'll see it in the British Isles, and on some old buildings here in Canada.
- butshouldyou 2y agoThough it does exist, 'gaol' very infrequently used in the UK too.