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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Nesscary

…Neccisary

…Neseccary

Fuck it, it’s now “Nesisary”

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“Needed”

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11 points

Do the needful.

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Required

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English is a second language to me, and at this point it’s probably the only commonly used word I consistently mess up. It usually ends up something like ‘nessecairy’

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Totally understandable, one of a handful of English words that I both know are spelled “wrongL and also have to put conscious thought into spelling before I write it.

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Ironicly, “conshus” one such candidate for me.

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5 points

Can never remember how to spell this absolute fuckery of a word. I concur.

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English is my second language, but I’ve always remembered it by “one cardigan, two socks” necessary

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That’s so weird. I’m dyslexic and all but this word is very much common sense for me. Maybe because I’m a polyglot and in Italian it’s necessario?

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That’s a bit unesesary

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Necessary is literally spelt how it’s pronounced though.

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spelt how it’s pronounced though

I’m not sure you meant this as a joke but it is funny.

Learning yet another irregular pronunciation because some N-hundred years ago their majesty Shithead von Cunt wanted to sound fancy and everyone just played along is not funny.

cries, not knowing how to properly pronounce most English words

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Necessary? I would have never thought of any of those weird spellings. It’s spelled like it’s said lol.

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wait was it nesisary or nesusary.

nesesary? nesasary? nesysary?

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Nesree

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