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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Vanpascore(m): 3:04pm On Aug 20, 2025

Paradigm
Down
Know
Knowledge
That
The

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Ganjafama(m): 3:04pm On Aug 20, 2025

Mine was "Quay", pronounced as "key".

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by mightyhazel: 3:05pm On Aug 20, 2025

Knife
Knocker
Knicker
Knock
Know
Knowledge
Knead

Knob

Wetin k dey do there

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by mightyhazel: 3:05pm On Aug 20, 2025*

Ogre
Metre
Fibre
Lucre
Litre
Titre

And then cough and tough

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Greenback: 3:06pm On Aug 20, 2025

Unique

Two

Louvre

Btw it should not be koneheads,the K should be C...abi nah, maasoap and elsudani

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Greenback: 3:07pm On Aug 20, 2025

Vanpascore:
Paradigm
Down
Know
Knowledge
That
The

Omoh,these ones nor follow at all

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by omowolewa: 3:09pm On Aug 20, 2025

pneumonia

Like Nairaland is not good for one line short answer anymore

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by matrix199(m): 3:10pm On Aug 20, 2025

How about the word "

" quay"
" Yacht"
" Ennui"
" Charlatan"

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Yampotatocarrot(m): 3:11pm On Aug 20, 2025

BISCUIT

CATARRH

These two just don't feel right

Then, let me add the past tense of "read"

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by PDPdestroyer(m): 3:11pm On Aug 20, 2025

Susan

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Yungmil: 3:13pm On Aug 20, 2025

Plis haw du u guys generate dis 40 karaktas I have been brainsturmin for almost an hawa naw

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Kavod: 3:13pm On Aug 20, 2025

Manolo213:
Pneumonia! I just don't know who created this spelling

So true.

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by CorperKola: 3:18pm On Aug 20, 2025

99thEnemy:
Queue
February
Colonel
Lieutenant
Wednesday
Bomb
Comb
Plumber
Psychology
Sword
Choir

You can pronounce colonel 2 ways

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by damosade(m): 3:19pm On Aug 20, 2025

Doubt

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Mariangeles(f): 3:21pm On Aug 20, 2025

Most of your own no follow. undecided

AngelSlay:
haha e choke 😂

Charger → chaja

Generator → jenre / gen

Vehicle → vekul

People → pipul

Office → ofis

Market → maket

Phone → fon

Brother/Sister → broda/sista

Teacher → ticha

Hospital → ospitul

Government → goment

Work → wok

Fuel → foyul / wel

Money → moni

Driver → drivah

Biscuit → biskit

Fries → fryz

Spaghetti → spag

By the way, did you know that the British original spelling for jail was gaol?
Pronounced the same way too.

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by adexoramo(m): 3:22pm On Aug 20, 2025

Boutique
Scheme
Psychiatric
Psychology
Courtesy

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Mariangeles(f): 3:27pm On Aug 20, 2025

Ganjafama:
Mine was "Quay", pronounced as "key".

I think key seems more key-ish than "quay", therefore, it is rightly suited.

"Quay" seems more like kwei.

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by esosuo2: 3:27pm On Aug 20, 2025

Enough

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by panpan(m): 3:27pm On Aug 20, 2025

business
busy
pronunciation
thou, though, thought, through
vacuum

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by ceejayluv(m): 3:27pm On Aug 20, 2025

Quay... And Queue

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by AllBlack: 3:29pm On Aug 20, 2025

Successlane:
ISLAND

pronounced

Ialand

where is the 's' ?

kikikikikikkikikikikki

AiLand

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by AmishaCandra: 3:30pm On Aug 20, 2025

Tsunami... Sunami
Knight... Night
Knife..... Nife
Queue.... Q

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by ruggedtimi(m): 3:32pm On Aug 20, 2025

"LIVE" as a resident

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by FreeIgboho: 3:32pm On Aug 20, 2025

Godfullsam:
HODL is an abbreviation in the crypto space.

Meaning : Hold Onto your Digital assets for Long.

Get it

TOTALLY WRONG!!😅
See below.
Funny how people flippantly spread misinformation they create from thin air! grin

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by iammolise(m): 3:33pm On Aug 20, 2025

For me:
-psychology ( what's the 'P' for 🤷🏽‍♂️)

-People (I feel the 'O' is absolutely not necessary 😒)

-Knife (c'mon what's the 'K' doing there? 🥱)

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Tradepunter2: 3:33pm On Aug 20, 2025

Genre.... jahnra

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by CrickCrackPow(m): 3:33pm On Aug 20, 2025

"QUAY" Pronouced As "KEY"

Like Joke Like Joke I Don Chop Book Woh
Jesiu!

Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Mariangeles(f): 3:33pm On Aug 20, 2025

Greenback:
Unique

Two

Louvre

Btw it should not be koneheads,the K should be C...abi nah, maasoap and elsudani

I remember pronouncing unique as unikwi. 😀

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Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by AngelahFlo(m): 3:38pm On Aug 20, 2025

Paradigm
Psyche
Pneuma
Chromosome
Python
Elephant
Eugenics
Ewe
Astronaut
To mention a few

Truth is the English word relies more on sound than the actual spelling of the word.