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You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick?

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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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Alytastic@lemmy.one
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Wednesday to Windsday or Wensday.

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ExLisper@linux.community
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Whensday?

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zabadoh@lemmy.ml
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Or closer to the founding fathers’ intent: Wotan’s Day

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jasondj@ttrpg.network
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Wotan’s Day ain’t nothing to fuck with.

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MechanicalJester@lemm.ee
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Odinsday

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zabadoh@lemmy.ml
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Come to think of it, I just used the first version that came to mind.

After some more research from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Wotan - High German

Odin - Norse

Wōden - Old English.

Wōden would be the correct origin for Wednesday, which is the source of the W and D.
Not sure how the “ō” got changed to an “e” though.

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ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
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Totally not me having problems spelling that word at 29.

What IS that D doing THERE?

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MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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Wait you don’t pronounce the D? You just say wennesday?

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wolfpack86@lemmy.world
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Most people that say the d flip the n and d to wendsday

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Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
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Its best

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