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Anon gets a new phone (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Zess@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's bad when people mispronounce mischievous but this dude actually spelled it the way people mispronounce it lmao

[–] 00L10@feddit.org 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

At this point I realize I've most likely ever only come across the mispronounced version...

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't the dictionary out of date then?

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure is. Someone should tell Meriam.

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

If they don't listen, time to escalate to Webster.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago

The British seem very happy with keeping the "-tre" ending but pronouncing it "-ter" for centuries.

[–] Zess@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Not surprising, I think they even mispronounced it in an episode of Futurama. Just a shame because the proper way sounds so much better.

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Mischievious is actually a common misspelling