▲ 34 ▼ Why do so many people write Mastadon instead of Mastodon? (jlai.lu) submitted 3 years ago by alex@jlai.lu to c/mastodon@lemmy.ml 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments This has become a pet peeve of mine and as a non-native English speaker I just don't understand why so many people make that typo in the first place- what is it?
[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) People spell by sounding out words. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, sounds fair - the O is very much pronounced O in French and I didn't realise how similar to A it would be in English. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah to add to that it is pronounced more like "Mass-tah-don" rather than "Mass-toe-don". The "tah" portion makes people think it's spelled with a "ta" since that would give you that pronunciation normally instead of "to". One of the many insane quirks of the English language stealing from other languages over the centuries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 2 points 3 years ago Ah, nice explanation, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, sounds fair - the O is very much pronounced O in French and I didn't realise how similar to A it would be in English. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ramble81@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah to add to that it is pronounced more like "Mass-tah-don" rather than "Mass-toe-don". The "tah" portion makes people think it's spelled with a "ta" since that would give you that pronunciation normally instead of "to". One of the many insane quirks of the English language stealing from other languages over the centuries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 2 points 3 years ago Ah, nice explanation, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ramble81@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah to add to that it is pronounced more like "Mass-tah-don" rather than "Mass-toe-don". The "tah" portion makes people think it's spelled with a "ta" since that would give you that pronunciation normally instead of "to". One of the many insane quirks of the English language stealing from other languages over the centuries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 2 points 3 years ago Ah, nice explanation, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alex@jlai.lu [S] 2 points 3 years ago Ah, nice explanation, thanks! permalink fedilink source parent