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submitted 2 weeks ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/mastodon@lemmy.ml

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I see it everywhere, reddit comments, lemmy, news articles and mastodon itself. How did this misspelling become so common?

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Just from the way it's pronounced in English: ma · stuh · daan. It sounds more like an 'a' than an 'o'.

[–] OctaviaMeowzly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

in british english we pronounce it as mahs • tuh • don

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