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[–] [email protected] 57 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Helen is wearing socks with sandals. Helen don't give a single phuck.

[–] CurlyMoustache 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Why use C and K in socks when they are pronounced the same?

New spelling: Sokks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nah, gotta go with soks - can't have that redundant k in there!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Socc is the correct spelling now, because its "soccer" not Sokker (or Soker).

This is a hill I am willing to die on.

[–] Mamertine 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Language evolves over time to become shortened for convenience.

Therefore sox is now the correct spelling. You all are using archaic spelling variations. Sox is always plural. I'm sure this will cause no confusion.

On a less anarchist note, spelling wasn't standardized until the early 1900s.

So up until then, sox, soccs, socs, sokks, soks, and socks were all valid ways to refer to foot panties.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Foot panties!! This is now canon, someone call Merriam-Webster!

[–] CurlyMoustache 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yup. Don't want to risk a third K getting in there...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Of for those from Boston: Sahks

[–] trbleclef 4 points 11 months ago

It's spelled "puck"