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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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[–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fone

[–] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Lasagna, now pronounced how it looks!

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

NOW.

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[–] wholemilk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

"separate" to "seperate"

[–] Nurgle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Cough

[–] MudMan@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

First of all, you want to replace the way "coronel" is pronounced to match the spelling, not the other way around.

Second, I'd do "bass" and kill two birds right there and then.

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[–] TheMagicalTimonini@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 4 points 1 year ago

Well which word would you pick for that?

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[–] fred@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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

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