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submitted 10 months 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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[-] lordxakio@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Diarrhea.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago

The pronunciation already matches the spelling!

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Starts like "diary" the journal, ends like "rhea" the bird.

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Then consider the British-English version of the word, diarrhoea :)
Why the extra o?

[-] Smoke@frogdrool.net 4 points 10 months ago

when they were transcribing it, the man speaking gagged

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Cha cha cha

[-] snowyday@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Oooohhhh that took me back

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Diary uh

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