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[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Why use C and K in socks when they are pronounced the same?

New spelling: Sokks

[-] klemptor@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

Nah, gotta go with soks - can't have that redundant k in there!

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

Socc is the correct spelling now, because its "soccer" not Sokker (or Soker).

This is a hill I am willing to die on.

[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Language evolves over time to become shortened for convenience.

Therefore sox is now the correct spelling. You all are using archaic spelling variations. Sox is always plural. I'm sure this will cause no confusion.

On a less anarchist note, spelling wasn't standardized until the early 1900s.

So up until then, sox, soccs, socs, sokks, soks, and socks were all valid ways to refer to foot panties.

[-] klemptor@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Foot panties!! This is now canon, someone call Merriam-Webster!

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Yup. Don't want to risk a third K getting in there...

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago
[-] awesome357@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago

Of for those from Boston: Sahks

this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
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