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Why do so many people write Mastadon instead of Mastodon? (jlai.lu)
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This has become a pet peeve of mine and as a non-native English speaker I just don't understand why so many people make that typo in the first place- what is it?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

mastodon is latin

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, words have etymology, but it doesn't really change anything and doesn't make latin, french, whatever-origin loanwords not be english or whatever the language is they're loaned to. You can't say "...well ackshually guillotine isn't english, it's french".

PS. It was a dumb joke.