You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick?

ericbomb@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 237 points –

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?

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Thanks, I really like the IPA and I wish it were something that was taught in high school. It would be great if people were competent at reading it and could maybe use it to explain how something sounds. It's hard enough that English has such flawed orthography. Then you add the fact that there are dozens of English dialects and it only makes things more complicated.

Do you know about Dr. Geoff Lindsey's YouTube channel?

https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey

I do not know about that channel. I will check it out, thanks!

His topics are really interesting, hope you enjoy them like I did.