Alright, I'm being a pedant, but how is "dimensia" any more phonetic than "dementia"? If anything "dimensia" is less phonetic since all the common -sia words are pronounced /-ʒə/ and all the common -tia words are pronounced /-ʃə/. The "dimensia" spelling is influenced by "dimension", but that's not strictly the same as being phonetic.
I guess what I meant is the -sh sound is likely to be known across more reading levels than the -tia sound because it comes up earlier in reading education. The first spelling, when sounded out, more readily reproduces "dementia" as the remedial reader has heard it ambiently
It's still hilarious that no one along the whole chain designing, printing, and installing that billboard noticed the obvious spelling mistake.
it's not the job of the people who sell and maintain the ad space to tell the customer that their ad is stupid
To be fair, it's probably a good sign that you have some easy money on your hands
Hi, this is Bob from Bob's Billboards. I'm afraid there must have been some sort of mix-up. We received a photograph of a pig with feces on its...
They might be playing 4D chess and thinking spelling it phonetically is the only way to keep it comprehensible to the hogs who are driving right by.
Probably misspelled it to get dems to share it.
Yep the reverse Nigerian Prince email
Alright, I'm being a pedant, but how is "dimensia" any more phonetic than "dementia"? If anything "dimensia" is less phonetic since all the common -sia words are pronounced /-ʒə/ and all the common -tia words are pronounced /-ʃə/. The "dimensia" spelling is influenced by "dimension", but that's not strictly the same as being phonetic.
I guess what I meant is the -sh sound is likely to be known across more reading levels than the -tia sound because it comes up earlier in reading education. The first spelling, when sounded out, more readily reproduces "dementia" as the remedial reader has heard it ambiently
dime-en-sha?
duhmenshuh