DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhat were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?message-squaremessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat were you wrong about for a long time? How did you realize you were wrong?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squareHEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoMarshmellow is not correct. It’s marshmallow. I learned by spell checker. Only took nearly 21 years.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoFun fact, it was originally made from the roots of the marsh mallow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_officinalis
minus-squareTimewornTraveler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThe consequences of not growing up with first you take the graham, then you take the mallow!
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI’m still reeling over cemetery not being spelled cementary and it’s been 20 years.
minus-squarespittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoTIL, I guess. I always thought it was spelled with an ‘A’ too.
minus-squarewatersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat misspelling means you’ve been mispronouncing it, too. (Not in a way that would be noticeable.)
Marshmellow is not correct. It’s marshmallow. I learned by spell checker. Only took nearly 21 years.
Fun fact, it was originally made from the roots of the marsh mallow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_officinalis
Again: Til
The consequences of not growing up with first you take the graham, then you take the mallow!
I’m still reeling over cemetery not being spelled cementary and it’s been 20 years.
TIL, I guess. I always thought it was spelled with an ‘A’ too.
That misspelling means you’ve been mispronouncing it, too. (Not in a way that would be noticeable.)