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Mine is people who separate words when they write. I'm Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct

Still, people write words the wrong way by separating them.

Examples:

  • "Ananas ringer" means "the pineapple is calling" when written the wrong way. The correct way is "ananasringer" and it means "pineapple rings" (from a tin).

  • "Prinsesse pult i vinkel" means "a princess fucked at an angle". The correct way to write it is "prinsessepult i vinkel", and it means "an angeled princess desk" (a desk for children, obviously)

  • "Koke bøker" means "to cook books". The correct way is "kokebøker" and means "cookbooks"

I see these kinds of mistakes everywhere!

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Inconsistent sounds for the same spelling, as in: tough, cough, through, thorough, bough, dough.

All those stupid English place names: Cholmondeley, Leicester, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire.

[–] Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Or how about all the words that are spelled the same but have different pronunciations.

  • Invalid - The data is invalid.
  • Invalid - The old man is an invalid.
  • Content - I'm content with my lot in life.
  • Content - The website's content is full of ads.

etc.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Old joke. You can tell a contractor from a chemist based on how they pronounce 'unionized.'

[–] Marmotter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually have a list somewhere of all these that I have come across and remembered to write down, sort of a game I play I guess. I haven’t tried to sit down and find all the possible examples of this (that’d be no fun), just stumble across them over time. Anyway the list is longer than you would expect, and now I have to add Invalid!

[–] Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there are tons of these.

[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Don't forget Towcester! I find it very funny that there's a town called Toaster.

[–] anti@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago