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submitted 1 year ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'm picking "Colonel" needs to be respelled to match how it's pronounced.

Try to pick a word no one else has picked. What word are you respelling?

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[-] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Or closer to the founding fathers' intent: Wotan's Day

[-] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Come to think of it, I just used the first version that came to mind.

After some more research from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Wotan - High German

Odin - Norse

Wōden - Old English.

Wōden would be the correct origin for Wednesday, which is the source of the W and D.
Not sure how the "ō" got changed to an "e" though.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Wotan’s Day ain’t nothing to fuck with.

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