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

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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[-] lordxakio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] Nemo@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago

The pronunciation already matches the spelling!

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Then consider the British-English version of the word, diarrhoea :)
Why the extra o?

[-] Smoke@frogdrool.net 4 points 1 year ago

@thelsim

when they were transcribing it, the man speaking gagged

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