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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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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

mastodon is latin

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, words have etymology, but it doesn't really change anything and doesn't make latin, french, whatever-origin loanwords not be english or whatever the language is they're loaned to. You can't say "...well ackshually guillotine isn't english, it's french".

    PS. It was a dumb joke.

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