SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1859arrow-down16
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minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up78arrow-down7·edit-21 day agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-213 hours agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist. https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours 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-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·edit-21 day agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day 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.
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
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.
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
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.