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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They might be playing 4D chess and thinking spelling it phonetically is the only way to keep it comprehensible to the hogs who are driving right by.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably misspelled it to get dems to share it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Yep the reverse Nigerian Prince email

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alright, I'm being a pedant, but how is "dimensia" any more phonetic than "dementia"? If anything "dimensia" is less phonetic since all the common -sia words are pronounced /-ʒə/ and all the common -tia words are pronounced /-ʃə/. The "dimensia" spelling is influenced by "dimension", but that's not strictly the same as being phonetic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I guess what I meant is the -sh sound is likely to be known across more reading levels than the -tia sound because it comes up earlier in reading education. The first spelling, when sounded out, more readily reproduces "dementia" as the remedial reader has heard it ambiently

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