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His wildest choice to me is using “could of” etc. I get it’s for pronunciation purposes, but now that it seems on its way to replace the correct spelling, it re
by idontwantthis 3y ago
His wildest choice to me is using “could of” etc. I get it’s for pronunciation purposes, but now that it seems on its way to replace the correct spelling, it really jarred me.
- hndc 3y agoWild? Using it in dialogue seems perfectly reasonable. It's a common malapropism.
- cheeseomlit 3y agoEven in dialogue I would've expected "could've". 'Could of' reads more like a typo
- giraffe_lady 3y agoIt's phonetically identical or very near it in most dialects. If anything it's a transcription error, but in this case just a way to imply the spoken cadence of a certain accent. Not any more incorrect than spelling "going to" as "gonna" in dialog.
- actionfromafar 3y agoVery often it's not a malapropism, just a variation on pronounciation.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoIt's not even that, they're pronounced the same in most dialects. It's either a transcription error or an atypical spelling depending on the intent of the author. It doesn't represent a different meaning or pronunciation in speech.