What word dk you think could be spelled different?
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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
wrote on last edited by [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 wish we would consolidate on 5 letter words ending with EL and LE as to what the order should be.
Why is it "table" and "label"?
They're basically the same word minus the first letter, but the spellings are different.
I hate it.I get this. I like it
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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.
Perfect post to have a typo in.
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I just wish we would consolidate on 5 letter words ending with EL and LE as to what the order should be.
Why is it "table" and "label"?
They're basically the same word minus the first letter, but the spellings are different.
I hate it.Subtel?
Cannible?
Baesball?
You are right, it's a mess
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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
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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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.
There's an interesting history behind the word colonel. IIRC, the English "coronel" and the French "colonel" used to be used somewhat interchangeably. Eventually, we kept the French spelling but the English pronunciation.
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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
wrote on last edited by [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".
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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
There are so many silent letters in English, quite confusing
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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
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Queue needs more voweis
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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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Perfect post to have a typo in.
Also 'in' your brain, not 'on' it
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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
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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Queue needs more voweis
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" -
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
I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.
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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".
Oh thats interesting
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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"Lmao I love that
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I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.
Yeah this one I get too
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I have to look up the spelling of "necessary" every time. Just make is nessessary.
Make it nezz.
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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.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]::: spoiler You mean like his and her?
Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes.
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It’s English. First it’s needed to make the spelling and sounding uniform.
read read red dread
Tough though through
Tough thoughts, though thorough throughout.
