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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by sebastiennight on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:48AM (#44632396)
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean here.

You write the wrong word, which is phonetically different (so a completely different word), but you write it "the same" (so you write the right word)?

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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by navane on Friday July 25, 2025 @09:28AM (#44682912)
This just happened, while discussing my rank in a video game:

"i hit be for the first time last week, but im a mid C at best"

"be" should be "B" in this case.

(the "different" in my previous post was "strike through" in markdown with the ~~'s. That didnt come across)

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Re:The Number go up rule: Why America refuses to fix anything by sebastiennight on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:48PM (#44759302)
Oh OK. I'd only seen native speakers make those kinds of substitutions before. TIL
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