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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Marshmellow is not correct. It's marshmallow. I learned by spell checker. Only took nearly 21 years.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact, it was originally made from the roots of the marsh mallow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_officinalis

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The consequences of not growing up with first you take the graham, then you take the mallow!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm still reeling over cemetery not being spelled cementary and it's been 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL, I guess. I always thought it was spelled with an 'A' too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That misspelling means you’ve been mispronouncing it, too. (Not in a way that would be noticeable.)