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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I used to do this all the time. You see a word in print, but you never hear anybody say it, so you wind up pronouncing it wrong.

I think the best was when I pronounced "misled" as my-seld because I thought it was the past tense of "misle".

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The spelling of some words can be very Ms. Leeding

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