▲ 241 ▼ 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 2 years ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 393 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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?
[–] snowyday@lemmy.world [B] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) “Spanish regarding phonetical consistency” Checking in from Oaxaca permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago I dunno, Oaxaca seems pretty straightforward. oa is pronounced kinda like "ua", I guess, but midword x is usually a "hh" sound anyway so that's the only slightly weird thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Fun fact, the Spanish X used to be pronounced like the Greek χ, which is why Meχico, Teχas and Oaχaca are pronounced the way they are now in English (formerly like a "kh" and now like a "ks") permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snowyday@lemmy.world [B] 2 points 2 years ago To be honest, that was barely fun permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago I dunno, Oaxaca seems pretty straightforward. oa is pronounced kinda like "ua", I guess, but midword x is usually a "hh" sound anyway so that's the only slightly weird thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Fun fact, the Spanish X used to be pronounced like the Greek χ, which is why Meχico, Teχas and Oaχaca are pronounced the way they are now in English (formerly like a "kh" and now like a "ks") permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snowyday@lemmy.world [B] 2 points 2 years ago To be honest, that was barely fun permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snowyday@lemmy.world [B] 2 points 2 years ago To be honest, that was barely fun permalink fedilink source parent