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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will never in my life spell "maitenence" correctly without spellcheck/autocorrect.

[–] Lazylazycat 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] complacent_jerboa 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

out of curiosity, do you speak french

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

Not very much. I took two years of it in college, but I'm a poor student of language even by United States standards. I was a middling speaker, and my reading & writing comprehension was frankly pathetic. How come?

[–] JuTsunami 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

jew-llery…jew-lry…jew-llry…

breathe

jew-ell-ery

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Lazylazycat 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That’s so racist.

[–] Swuden 7 points 1 year ago
[–] itsJoelleScott 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
Govern -> Government
Settle -> Settlement
Judge -> *Judg*ment

I advocate for "judge" to be spelled "judg" for adherence to English standards.

[–] complacent_jerboa 7 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, I've been spelling it "judgement" this whole time.

You know what? I'm gonna keep spelling it my way. I don't fucking care if it's "wrong". I'm over my grammar nazi arc, we grammar anarchy now.

[–] Lazylazycat 4 points 1 year ago

Motion carried.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I advocate for fucking up all the other words for adherence to English standards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Leave Wednesday. Return to Wōdnesdæg.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The educated knows to avoid pitfalls. The educated knows how to do maths with imaginary fingers. The educated can sing the alphabet song in their head to figure out which letter comes before or after.

The inteli–… intell– Intel Ligent™ person knows to live and breathe the weaknesses their own stupidity brings.

[–] Nerdybynature 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Restaurant” eludes me and I spend like a decade working in them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Res Taur Ant

Meaning resurrect the Tauren over there named Ant. Just play enough WoW raids and you'll lern spells real good.

[–] Nerdybynature 5 points 1 year ago

I play almost exclusively Tauren Druid, so now I feel silly for never making this association.

[–] Lazylazycat 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, I have to say "rest-au-rant" in my head every time.

[–] Nerdybynature 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Every time I’ve had to fill out a job application and don’t have autocorrect at my disposal, that’s how I’m doing it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Be-a-utiful 🤌🏻

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah why is the “d” still in Wednesday when you don’t pronounce it? Even other Germanic language have removed it. Or do English speaker still honor Odin/Woden?

[–] Lazylazycat 8 points 1 year ago

Yes, we respect the D of our Nordic Gods 😏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I pronounce it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's not your fault though, it's the weak, stupid, uneducated language

[–] complacent_jerboa 3 points 1 year ago

Don't you just love the wonders of English spelling?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cry in french.

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