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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[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] 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.

[-] OctaviaMeowzly 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

better than Masturdon...

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

Had me thinking I just never noticed the social media platform was misspelled before...

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