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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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[–] snowyday@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

“Spanish regarding phonetical consistency”

Checking in from Oaxaca

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I dunno, Oaxaca seems pretty straightforward. oa is pronounced kinda like "ua", I guess, but midword x is usually a "hh" sound anyway so that's the only slightly weird thing.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact, the Spanish X used to be pronounced like the Greek χ, which is why Meχico, Teχas and Oaχaca are pronounced the way they are now in English (formerly like a "kh" and now like a "ks")

[–] snowyday@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To be honest, that was barely fun