• Psythik@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So many people spell it incorrectly that I’m starting to worry that “sike” will become the official spelling. Language evolves, but I don’t want it to.

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      Or “would of”, “could of”, “should of”. Enunciate your words. “have” and “of” sound different.

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        Excellent point, but “would’ve”, “could’ve”, and “should’ve” sound like “would of”, “could of”, and “should of”.

        So the problem doesn’t lie solely in enounciation.

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          If you think “of” and “have” (or it’s contraction) sound alike, you’re part of the problem. “Of” has a softer finish more like “ovf” than “ov”. The transition from ‘o’ to ‘f’ starts hard with a ‘v’ but finishes with a soft ‘f’.

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        Excellent point, but “would’ve”, “could’ve”, and “should’ve” sound like “would of”, “could of”, and “should of”.

        So the problem doesn’t lie solely in enounciation.

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      I never knew it hat a source,… I thought it was a word like “ouch” or “oops”

      Edit: English != mother tongue