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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

the article 'the' - Γ°Ι™

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Werk.

Work is not how people pronounce it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There were so many that bothered me but now, when called out, I can only think of a few...

Lingerie

Miscellaneous

Subpoena

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Lawngeray definitely makes it less appealing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (8 children)

What do you mean? It's already written the closest to pronunciation, there's no Ε„ sound in English really, perhaps knee is the only example

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Skwirl because now one knows how to spell squirrel.thank you auto-correct.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I’m honestly amazed β€œalot” hasn’t been made an acceptable spelling of β€œa lot” by now.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Psoriasis. Eczema. Emphysema.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'd spell cache as cache so Australians know it's pronounced like "cash" not like "kaysch".

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

I think autocorrect butchered that one, cousin.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

OOF Pneumonia.

Like, what a cursed word. How would you even spell that? Nuhmownyuh?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (9 children)

"Sure". For crying out loud. Who came up with this.

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