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minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days ago Couch fucker takes the reigns… Reins, not reigns. Common homophone error but the phrase comes from the name of the straps used to control a horse.
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoI definitely knew it was reins, but I don’t know that I knew that it is spelled differently than reigns. Unfortunately, he would also be reigning, so I wasn’t to far off for both spelling and context.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agoBut in this case either of the homophones works.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoNo, reigns would be incorrect.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIt was supposed to be a joke (but only a semi-joke), because ‘reign’ is what monarchs and authoritarians do.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWhich is why that error in diction shows up so often.
Reins, not reigns. Common homophone error but the phrase comes from the name of the straps used to control a horse.
I definitely knew it was reins, but I don’t know that I knew that it is spelled differently than reigns.
Unfortunately, he would also be reigning, so I wasn’t to far off for both spelling and context.
But in this case either of the homophones works.
No, reigns would be incorrect.
It was supposed to be a joke (but only a semi-joke), because ‘reign’ is what monarchs and authoritarians do.
Which is why that error in diction shows up so often.