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What word dk you think could be spelled different?

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  • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

    And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

    For me:

    • Colledge for college
    • Occean for ocean
    • Pation for passion

    These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

    tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
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    Webster tried to reform English, and was a reason for a number of the American English changes from British English. Some of his changes caught on, like "public" for "publick" or "jail" for "gaol".

    But others did not.

    I think that some of those ones that didn't catch on would be good candidates.

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53723/26-noah-webster’s-spelling-changes-didn’t-catch

    E.g. "Island" to "Iland".

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/noah-websters-spelling-wins-and-fails

    Or "is" to "iz".

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    • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

      And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

      For me:

      • Colledge for college
      • Occean for ocean
      • Pation for passion

      These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

      B This user is from outside of this forum
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      #10

      There are so many silent letters in English, quite confusing

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      • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

        And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

        For me:

        • Colledge for college
        • Occean for ocean
        • Pation for passion

        These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

        witchfire@lemmy.worldW This user is from outside of this forum
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        #11

        Queue needs more voweis

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        • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

          And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

          For me:

          • Colledge for college
          • Occean for ocean
          • Pation for passion

          These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

          jordanlund@lemmy.worldJ This user is from outside of this forum
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          #12

          Occean Marketting:

          https://gamesbeat.com/ocean-marketing-how-to-self-destruct-your-company-with-just-a-few-measly-emails/

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          • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

            Perfect post to have a typo in.

            maggiwuerze@feddit.orgM This user is from outside of this forum
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            #13

            Also 'in' your brain, not 'on' it

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            • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

              And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

              For me:

              • Colledge for college
              • Occean for ocean
              • Pation for passion

              These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

              B This user is from outside of this forum
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              #14

              It’s English. First it’s needed to make the spelling and sounding uniform.

              read read red dread

              Tough though through

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              • witchfire@lemmy.worldW [email protected]

                Queue needs more voweis

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                #15

                The number of extra "ue" should be proportional to the number of people in the queue.
                Ex:
                "Oh no, there's a queue"
                "Could be worse, could be a queueueue"

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                • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

                  And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

                  For me:

                  • Colledge for college
                  • Occean for ocean
                  • Pation for passion

                  These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

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                  #16

                  I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.

                  snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS snausagesinablanket@lemmy.worldS 2 Replies Last reply
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                  • tal@lemmy.todayT [email protected]

                    Webster tried to reform English, and was a reason for a number of the American English changes from British English. Some of his changes caught on, like "public" for "publick" or "jail" for "gaol".

                    But others did not.

                    I think that some of those ones that didn't catch on would be good candidates.

                    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53723/26-noah-webster’s-spelling-changes-didn’t-catch

                    E.g. "Island" to "Iland".

                    https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/noah-websters-spelling-wins-and-fails

                    Or "is" to "iz".

                    snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
                    snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #17

                    Oh thats interesting

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                    • D [email protected]

                      The number of extra "ue" should be proportional to the number of people in the queue.
                      Ex:
                      "Oh no, there's a queue"
                      "Could be worse, could be a queueueue"

                      snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #18

                      Lmao I love that

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                      • D [email protected]

                        I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.

                        snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
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                        #19

                        Yeah this one I get too

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                        • D [email protected]

                          I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.

                          snausagesinablanket@lemmy.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
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                          Make it nezz.

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                          • J [email protected]

                            Possessive is normally done with an apostrophe. The dog's toy. The apartment's lobby.

                            But when possessive goes on the pronoun "it"? No apostrophe.

                            Look out for the monster. Its fangs are sharp.

                            If you put an apostrophe, that's for "it is".

                            This bothers me slightly. There's history illinonating why it happened, but I don't like it.

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                            ::: spoiler You mean like his and her?
                            Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes.
                            :::

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                            • B [email protected]

                              It’s English. First it’s needed to make the spelling and sounding uniform.

                              read read red dread

                              Tough though through

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                              Tough thoughts, though thorough throughout.

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                              • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

                                And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

                                For me:

                                • Colledge for college
                                • Occean for ocean
                                • Pation for passion

                                These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

                                L This user is from outside of this forum
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                                The word yacht or the way it is pronounced.

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                                • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

                                  And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

                                  For me:

                                  • Colledge for college
                                  • Occean for ocean
                                  • Pation for passion

                                  These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

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                                  As a general rule, all 'C's should make a 'Ch' sound and leave 'S' and 'K' the fuck alone.

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                                    As a general rule, all 'C's should make a 'Ch' sound and leave 'S' and 'K' the fuck alone.

                                    snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Is that how the c in your username is pronounced?

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                                    • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

                                      And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.

                                      For me:

                                      • Colledge for college
                                      • Occean for ocean
                                      • Pation for passion

                                      These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it

                                      toes@ani.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Drop the letter C, and reformat everything to be phonetic.

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                                      • snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS [email protected]

                                        Is that how the c in your username is pronounced?

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                                        It's pronounced however you want, baby.

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                                        • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                                          The "dk" in your title should probably be spelled "do."

                                          Colonel needs an R in it, or to be pronounced co-lo-nel instead of ker-nel.

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                                          I just pronounce colonise kernelise for consistency

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