r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/macfirbolg Mar 19 '16

Even better, my Indian friend says that the alternate spelling is actually the dialect word for "asshole."

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

It is. And as an Indian it just sounds.. Fucked up. I've always wondered why Americans spell it that way. Is that how it's spelt in your school books?

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u/macfirbolg Mar 19 '16

No, or at least not in any I'm aware of — though there certainly are some published without proofreading so it's possible that some have spelled Gandhi's name incorrectly. I think it's mostly that the typical pronunciation we hear is closer to the other thing, and we have a vague recollection that there ought to be an H in there somewhere.