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[–] paulneocube@api.clubsall.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The horrible English takes away from the actual humor of the shirt TBH. It is almost like proper English isn't important anymore.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The horrible English takes away from the actual humor of the shirt TBH.

The punchline distracts from the humor of the shirt?

[–] Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My brain hurts. I think it's supposed to say: throwback to when I found this gem in a value village in Houston, Texas. Gym was a stretch, otherwise pretty funny.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It’s spelled phonetically. Texans tighten up the long e to sound like an elongated short i. When becomes win, gem becomes gym.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

This physically hurts to read.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are spelling mistakes in 3 of the 4 lines.

For those who don't get it https://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Genuinely confused where people would put an A in definitely? Or why someone would spell weird as wierd??

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"definately," i guess? if i wasn't sure and sounded it out, there'd be an "a" in that spot. great, now i have to go watch videos of people pronouncing it to find out if i've been saying it weird my whole life.

"wierd" maybe comes from not realizing it's an exception to the ol' "i before e" rule. or just accidentally swapping them.

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

i think I've misspelled it "defenitely" or definetely" before but it doesn't sound like an a at all to me

also the i before e rule is useless, there's like more exceptions than words that follow it

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 6 days ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/i-before-e-except-after-c

yeah i like the longass song they had to write at the end of this article to show how the rule would actually read if it was accurate

Unintelligibility of the simple English language has unfortunately become the norm - RIP the English language

Why don’t you try Swahili