submitted 3 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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[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

I always said ma stow don.

[-] airikr@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I pronounce it mas · to · don. Maybe the miss-spelled name for it is based on how people pronounce it verbarly.

this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2025

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