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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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[–] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Lasagna, now pronounced how it looks!

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It already is. gn makes a "nnya" or "nnya" sound, as seen in other words like sfolgnino or gnocchi.

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[–] wholemilk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

"separate" to "seperate"

[–] Nurgle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s two, but I’m just gonna swap β€˜sweat’ and β€˜sweet’ spellings.

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[–] MrJukes@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Blood. Looks like wood but you would be wrong.

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[–] BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"next, what your gonna do is...."

NOW.

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[–] fred@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't fuck with it. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[–] Lantech@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] TheMagicalTimonini@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like I would much prefer the ability to change the way a word is pronounced to match the way it is written.

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