• stebo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Genuinely confused where people would put an A in definitely? Or why someone would spell weird as wierd??

    • celeste@kbin.earth
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      2 months ago

      “definately,” i guess? if i wasn’t sure and sounded it out, there’d be an “a” in that spot. great, now i have to go watch videos of people pronouncing it to find out if i’ve been saying it weird my whole life.

      “wierd” maybe comes from not realizing it’s an exception to the ol’ “i before e” rule. or just accidentally swapping them.