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You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm picking "Colonel" needs to be respelled to match how it's pronounced.

Try to pick a word no one else has picked. What word are you respelling?

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[-] sacredbirdman@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Choir .. how would you spell it? Quier?

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[-] Nurloc@feddit.nu 5 points 1 year ago

Tough though thought....and knife know etc

[-] KidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Rendezvous. Get the fuck outta here, you look like rendezzvuss.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

apparently » apparantly

and all other "parent" words, like transparent and so on

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[-] matti@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I am deffinetly picking this one.

[-] PopcornPlayaa_@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I also think Colonel needs to be changed

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[-] hobbes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Subtle

[-] techgearwhips@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Salmon as Samon

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[-] ShaolinRaiden@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Quinoa

[-] nadiaraven@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This one has the correct pronunciation in Spanish, because quinoa is from South America. Despite having pronounced this incorrectly when I first heard about it, I'd like to keep this spelling, because Spanish spelling is so much more consistent than English.

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'd change "I" to "pxmipexokal" just to screw over everyone's typing speed.

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