Post #3067890
2026-05-17 18:30 UTC
@epicdemiologist@wandering.shop @yvanspijk@toot.community it is at least very common, so it's definitely not just you.
I mostly say it (I grew up around it), but it always strikes me as weird because it's not like "mfterbl" is an easier or more common sequence of sounds to make :blobfoxthink:
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@yvanspijk@toot.community 2026-05-17 18:58
@groxx@hachyderm.io @epicdemiologist@wandering.shop It's certainly an example of an actual linguistic process: metathesis. Here are some more examples: