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0 pointsethanwillis2y ago0 comments

So uh. Well, I'm from the american south and I've heard plenty of people say idear instead of idea. Mostly older people or people with very strong rural accents/dialect.

Apparently also a british thing I just found out: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/32630

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ThePowerOfFuet2y ago

That it is pronounced differently in some regions of the same country does not change its spelling within that country's borders.

ethanwillisOP2y ago

There exist spelling variations for various words within a country's borders. Why would this one be any different?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idear

TheNewsIsHere2y ago

Yeah, I mean if we all understood regardless, it can’t matter that much in an informal setting.

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