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Why do so many people write Mastadon instead of Mastodon? (jlai.lu)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/mastodon@lemmy.ml
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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?

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[–] [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!

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  • [–] 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.

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