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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 2 years 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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[-] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Fone

[-] wholemilk@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

"separate" to "seperate"

[-] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"next, what your gonna do is...."

NOW.

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[-] Nurgle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It’s two, but I’m just gonna swap ‘sweat’ and ‘sweet’ spellings.

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[-] Yazer@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Restaurant.

Can't spell it without spell check

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[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lasagna, now pronounced how it looks!

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

It already is. gn makes a "nnya" or "nnya" sound, as seen in other words like sfolgnino or gnocchi.

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[-] aikixd@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Seems like that absolute lot here are just American Vs British pronunciation, and for me, who learned the British version make 0 sense.

[-] fred@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't fuck with it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[-] Poseidon2023@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago

Too shall now be spelled to

[-] Lantech@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Manure

ma-newer

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[-] TheMagicalTimonini@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I feel like I would much prefer the ability to change the way a word is pronounced to match the way it is written.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Well which word would you pick for that?

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[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Laff

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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023

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