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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 1 year 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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[–] Fauxaly@lemmy.one 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Wednesday to Windsday or Wensday.

[–] ericbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Totally not me having problems spelling that word at 29.

What IS that D doing THERE?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait you don't pronounce the D? You just say wennesday?

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most people that say the d flip the n and d to wendsday

[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Its best

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or closer to the founding fathers' intent: Wotan's Day

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Odinsday

[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Come to think of it, I just used the first version that came to mind.

After some more research from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Wotan - High German

Odin - Norse

Wōden - Old English.

Wōden would be the correct origin for Wednesday, which is the source of the W and D.
Not sure how the "ō" got changed to an "e" though.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Wotan’s Day ain’t nothing to fuck with.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago

Whensday?