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What word dk you think could be spelled different?

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  • 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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    #1

    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

    T kolanaki@pawb.socialK J tal@lemmy.todayT B 12 Replies Last reply
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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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      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.

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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

        kolanaki@pawb.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        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.

        snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS darkdemize@sh.itjust.worksD T 3 Replies Last reply
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        • T [email protected]

          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.

          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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          I get this. I like it

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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.

            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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            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.

              Z This user is from outside of this forum
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              #6

              Subtel?

              Cannible?

              Baesball?

              You are right, it's a mess 🙂

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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

                J This user is from outside of this forum
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                #7

                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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                • 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.

                  darkdemize@sh.itjust.worksD This user is from outside of this forum
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                  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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                  • 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

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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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                            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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                              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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                                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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                                  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
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                                    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"

                                      snokenkeekaguard@lemmy.dbzer0.comS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Lmao I love that

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                                        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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                                          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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                                          #20

                                          Make it nezz.

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