SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 days agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 day agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist. https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoYeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoSeems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
Seems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
Yeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
I’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
Found an interesting snopes article about that.
Seems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.