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[jp_mclennon]

I was reading a fic a while ago, and I came across this line:

"You seemed to be in need of a playmate," the Doctor said, then motioned to Ianto, pleased with himself. "So...wah lah! Ha!"

Oh, the dangers of assuming things are spelled the way they're pronounced.

Comments

[supersonica]

*headdesks*

[raving_pirates]

I'm totally with ya there...

[fickery]

Gah. I see that ALL THE TIME. And not just in fanfic, but in emails and even professional communications. It makes me absolutely insane.

[juliet316]

I may have brainfreezes about how that's spelled sometimes, but I at least know it's not spelled like that! *headdesk*

[visiblemarket]

It took me literally half an hour to figure out what the actual word was meant to be. Plus is the "v" pronounced with as a "w"? Have I been saying it wrong all these years?!

[jp_mclennon]

I hear people pronounce it as a "w" a lot, but as far as I know that's not actually how it's pronounced.

[feuillu]

Well it's kind of like vw, so the v sound kind of blends into the w sound.

[sherlockiangirl]

BAHAHAHA this literally just made the Doctor's IQ plummet XD