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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? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] pp99@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

queue

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Qway-Way

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

It only gets spelled correctly when it's a pseudo queue (>!sudoku!<).

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But that's already pronounced how it's spelled...

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes good old queweyouwe

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Okay, I'll grant you, the second ue could've been trimmed in editing. I always viewed it like the ue in monologue but it's clearly of a different sort.

I'll go downvote myself now.

[–] MrJukes@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it would just be 'q'. Right now, I would pronounce it kay-way maybe.

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

I like qway way.

[–] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My personal go-to is "kweh-weh"

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Said real quick like? I like it.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Cue-y-hue-y is what the current spelling suggests, tbh.