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Bone Apple Tea

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A community for funny phonetic misspellings of words or phrases. Bonus points if this misspelling comprises actual words, like this community’s namesake: Bon appétit —> Bone apple tea

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Came here to say this. Especially issues of spelling or pronunciation. It's fine to correct, politely, but making fun of them for these things is effectively punishing them for the people around them not explaining it to them earlier.

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now. Same goes for learning anything.