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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they think it's pronounced balony

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How so?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what people call it in my country. I dk why now that I think about it? Is it slang?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read it as bol-on-ya. I've heard boloney before but didn't know that was the spelling. This thread is throwing up all sorts of learning for me :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here is what I found:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well that is a fascinating read. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

BECAUSE OSCAR MEYER HAS A WAY WITH B-O-L-O-G-N-A