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Bought a new pack of a hair product which now uses 6% less natural ingredients and is no longer vegan (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (42 children)

"Matt" paste? Isn't it "matte" or am I taking crazy pills again?

Edit: What the fuck... It's spelled differently in the UK, the US, and Canada (where I'm from). It's matte in Canada, mat in US, and matt in the UK.

From the Government of Canada website: https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/matte-mat-matt

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

From the UK. I've never seen matte spelled as matt. CA, UK and AU are generally pretty close with spelling, whereas the US is usually off doing its own thing. It's a similar thing to blonde and blond.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (15 children)

Blonde = female; blond = male

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Excuse me wtf

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I shit you not, that is the etymological distinction between the two.

How strictly that distinction is observed is an open question.

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