SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up1966arrow-down18
arrow-up1958arrow-down1imageWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square253fedilink
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down7·edit-21 month agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down5·edit-21 month agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 month agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month 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.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist. https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-squareGoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve seen one in real life. Maybe they just carried a fake id card as a joke, but this was in a billing department so I’m assuming it was real.
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
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.
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash
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.
I’ve seen one in real life. Maybe they just carried a fake id card as a joke, but this was in a billing department so I’m assuming it was real.
The dash don’t be silent