Comment on Microsoft is failing to deliver emails that mention newclimate.orgparentComments−ethanwillis2ySo 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−ThePowerOfFuet2yThat it is pronounced differently in some regions of the same country does not change its spelling within that country's borders.−ethanwillis2yThere exist spelling variations for various words within a country's borders. Why would this one be any different?https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/idear−TheNewsIsHere2yYeah, I mean if we all understood regardless, it can’t matter that much in an informal setting.
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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
That it is pronounced differently in some regions of the same country does not change its spelling within that country's borders.
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
Yeah, I mean if we all understood regardless, it can’t matter that much in an informal setting.