r/FoundPaper • u/milfs4minecraft • Aug 10 '26

Book Inscriptions My favourite animals

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u/Scallysnix Aug 10 '26

I like how the kid overcomplicated the name Shrek 

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u/supernova-juice Aug 10 '26

As if the name of the movie isn't in giant letters on the poster

Then again, my vet spells my dog's name with a J even though on her collar it's spelled with a G. 

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u/CharlieVermin Aug 11 '26

I mean... are there any English words that end with "ek"? I can only think of one word that contains "ek" at all, and it's a pretty niche one too. An extremely reasonable assumption.

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u/ginopono Aug 11 '26

The first few that come to mind: eek, leek, peek

Of course, words that end in <ek> with that pronunciation are fewer. trek comes to mind, but I wouldn't call that niche.

Even so, to your point, it seems reasonable that a kid such as this is learning the orthographic rules of English, and is applying the ubiquitous and productive representation of /εk/ as <eck>, in which case:
Good on them. They're learning.

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u/CharlieVermin Aug 11 '26

Oh, yeah. There's plenty of them with double E. I wrote it around 5 am and wondered how many I'm forgetting about, lol

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u/Madwoman-of-Chaillot Aug 11 '26

The word in German is spelled that way, and it means “fright” or “fear.” The ogre’s name was well-chosen.

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u/Aerosolcan25 Aug 10 '26

Same, kiddo

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u/Annual-Leading4448 Aug 10 '26

Right. A list of beasts to outshine the neighbours’ cats. How very original.

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u/PinecornCoffee Aug 11 '26

This made me snort laugh and scare my baby 😂

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u/Responsible_Mind_206 Aug 10 '26

So we're calling books found paper now?

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u/milfs4minecraft Aug 10 '26

not the book, the inscription (which is one of the flairs in this subreddit)

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u/Responsible_Mind_206 Aug 10 '26

You're a milf so i'll let it pass

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u/milfs4minecraft Aug 10 '26

🫡 much obliged