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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Mi-scel-la-ne-ous

As a non-native, fuck that word

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Acquaintance is that word for me. I just type 'aqu' and my phone handles the rest. God help me if I ever have to write that down without access to the internet. I also let my phone handle 'necessary' because I never know how many c's and s's there are and where they go.

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    bu·reauc·ra·cy

    Yeah Webster, that doesn’t really help.

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    I feel like ace ventura taught a whole generation how to spell beautiful right every time.

    Jim Carrey is a treasure.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Suns-day Moons-day Tyrs-day Wodens-day Thors-day Frias-day Saturns-day

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You guys really have to stop starting weeks on the wrong day.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I like how there are days for the sun and the moon, a bunch of nordic gods and then Saturn for some reason.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    They were all celestial bodies. The rest just got more myth attached to them. The Norse names are all sort of kinda mostly the equivalents of the Roman counterparts, and those are famously where we get the names for the planets.

    Sunday

    Moonday

    Mercuryday

    Jupiterday

    Venusday

    Saturnday

    Ther wasn't a great Norse version of Saturn, so it just kept its name. Even as it is, some of those conversions are pretty flimsy.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Using a mnemonic device IS smart.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    For me it’s always ‘bus-in-ess’

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I've given up long ago, now I just write önsdag and whoever gets it gets it

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Massachusetts

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd have still read it like that even without the dashes 😂

    Honestly, if you don't say/think it like that your life is sad and I pity you with the utmost sincerety 😤🫶🏻.

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    1-800-ABCDEFG !

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