contentbot ( partybot@lemmy.ca ) B to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1220file-text
arrow-up1220imageA Cool Guide: After I said “E as in egg” to customer service I looked up this guidei.redd.itcontentbot ( partybot@lemmy.ca ) B to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezagaberoo ( zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt doesn’t need to sound the same though, as long as the listener can spell ‘egg’.
minus-squaretiredofsametab ( tiredofsametab@kbin.run ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoTrue but, for example, a younger me working tech support in the early 2000s would not have known what an ‘igg’ is to even try to spell it.
It doesn’t need to sound the same though, as long as the listener can spell ‘egg’.
True but, for example, a younger me working tech support in the early 2000s would not have known what an ‘igg’ is to even try to spell it.