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		littlekey 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over t... I've seen it a couple of times from British writers. But it's definitely a weird spelling that's on its way out.

pmyteh 36 days ago [–]

Common until a hundred years or so ago. We also don't have the jail/prison distinction that the US has, and they're all officially called "His Majesty's Prison X" so it's not a common word in British English anymore, except in US import. So "jail" is now standard if used.

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