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2naSalit

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21. So I think you might be close...
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 04:04 PM
Mar 2021

There is a phenomena that occurs for people for whom English is not their primary language where they insert incorrect letters due to their internal etymology where they see they root of the word anxiety being included in the root for anger or angst, thus they insert it thinking that is the likely spelling of a word they may never have seen in written form.

I did a bit of proofreading for ESL students in college and found several patterns of incorrect spellings based on that reasoning. They really work hard to get it right with our very messy language.

Sometimes the "g" silent, as in night intrepidity Mar 2021 #1
Silent...invisible...don't laugh at ghosts. ret5hd Mar 2021 #2
Night...anxiety...ghosts...I hear you nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #4
ESL? Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #3
English as a Second Language, I guess. Glorfindel Mar 2021 #8
OMG! Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #13
We also tend to pronounce "luxurious" as if it contained both a Glorfindel Mar 2021 #5
Cool Whip: ret5hd Mar 2021 #9
Thanks! I have never seen "Family Guy." Glorfindel Mar 2021 #12
Lol happybird Mar 2021 #18
Dumdum's LUG-xhur-ee always made me clench my teeth, as did "YUGE" Warpy Mar 2021 #16
Some people have anxiety, others angst-iety. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #6
So I think you might be close... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #21
Or the p in hamster! TxGuitar Mar 2021 #7
I've seen people spell it with a 'p' too! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #10
I was just a hampster from New Hampshire bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #14
Uh oh... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #22
A YouTube video could generate clicks and bucks bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #24
People from all over the planet have told me it's easy to communicate in English Warpy Mar 2021 #11
I pronounce it that way too. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #19
While thinking about the "writing on the wall," I became "beside myself" NCjack Mar 2021 #20
I say it with the "G-Z" slide... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #23
It's important to remember several things about our language. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #15
It's the price of success Shermann Mar 2021 #17
Well... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #26
Touche! Shermann Mar 2021 #27
Thank goodness for standardization... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #25
There are a million "anomalies" in English that include weird spelling, grammar, and idioms. Martin68 Mar 2021 #28
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