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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 3 years 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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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I just learned last month I've been doing the same thing and mispronouncing it for over three decades. But it's Italian!

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

In the uncut version of Romeo and Juliet, there was a vague segue to a Montague tongue.

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[–] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 3 years ago

tongue, there's another fucker, I tells ya

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[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago

Problem is that when you write it as pronounced, it becomes segway. Which just makes me think of those two-wheeled scooter thingies.

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