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Or am I just a victim of the Mandela affect?

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WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 17:45

Not really an AIBU (or it could be, depends how passionately you think I’m wrong)

But am I alone in thinking the word Rhythm used to be spelt ‘Rhythmn’??

I could honestly swear up was down that it used to have the n on the end

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Ihaveaquestionn · 11/08/2022 18:43

Yes I am the same as you OP!!! Always have to remind myself there’s no N

HinchcliffeandMurgatroyd · 11/08/2022 18:42

You are as bonkers as conkers, but you have a great username. 😄

toomuchlaundry · 11/08/2022 18:42

I thought it used to have an ‘n’ in too

sunsetsandsandybeaches · 11/08/2022 18:41

RainbowsMoonbeams · 11/08/2022 18:34

That one hasn’t changed for me, but KitKat used to be Kit-Kat and Walkers swapped the green and blue colours for salt & vinegar/ cheese and onion.

No they didn't.

Golden Wonder used to be the dominant brand, then Walkers became more popular and that's where the confusion came in.

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WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:40

I think earlier responses must be right, I must have got a distant memory confused with ‘hymn’
Can’t say I’ve ever had much cause to write the word Rhythm, so it’s cropped up many years later.

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NellieJean · 11/08/2022 18:40

It is hot today isn’t it.

SleepingAgent · 11/08/2022 18:39

horseymum · 11/08/2022 18:00

The mnemonic is Rhythm helps your two hips move ( no n!)

Love this, thank you!

ReneBumsWombats · 11/08/2022 18:37

RainbowsMoonbeams · 11/08/2022 18:34

That one hasn’t changed for me, but KitKat used to be Kit-Kat and Walkers swapped the green and blue colours for salt & vinegar/ cheese and onion.

No, it's that Walkers and Golden Wonder have different colours for cheese and onion and people got confused as Walkers took over as far dominant brand.

RainbowsMoonbeams · 11/08/2022 18:34

That one hasn’t changed for me, but KitKat used to be Kit-Kat and Walkers swapped the green and blue colours for salt & vinegar/ cheese and onion.

Softplayhooray · 11/08/2022 18:28

The Mandela effect was a phrase coined by a slightly bonkers (if you ask me) white paranormal investigator who wrongly stated that Nelson Mandela was dead when he was still alive. That is so offensive on so many levels I think that we should retire the phrase.

ouch321 · 11/08/2022 18:27

I think I was taught with an n at the end as well. Not 100% sure though.

Reminds me of 'a lot' and 'alot'.

BronzeSage · 11/08/2022 18:25

Wrong spelling

ReneBumsWombats · 11/08/2022 18:25

WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:22

Sorry to burst your condescending bubble, but I’m not a millennial 😂
Bore off you grump

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Yeah, well, I am.

And I don't even like avocado!

Cakecakecheese · 11/08/2022 18:25

For some reason my year 7 English teacher made us recite the correct spelling over and over so I've never forgotten how to spell it.

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WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:22

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 18:12

It is. Making a mistake that some others have also made.

The Mandela Effect is ridiculous millennial arrogance: to think that the universe has conspired to wrong foot us, rather than accept we got something wrong.

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Sorry to burst your condescending bubble, but I’m not a millennial 😂
Bore off you grump

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NCNCNCN · 11/08/2022 18:20

The Mandala Effect is a collective false memory. So, if a large number of people agree with you, OP, then it could be considered as such.

Unfortunately, you’re just incorrect!

Jengnr · 11/08/2022 18:15

Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving is how I was taught it in the 80s.

ReneBumsWombats · 11/08/2022 18:13

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 18:12

It is. Making a mistake that some others have also made.

The Mandela Effect is ridiculous millennial arrogance: to think that the universe has conspired to wrong foot us, rather than accept we got something wrong.

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Oh good God, are we responsible for this too?

ReneBumsWombats · 11/08/2022 18:13

The Mandelan Effect?

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 18:12

Pumperthepumper · 11/08/2022 18:03

That’s not what the Mandela Effect is.

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It is. Making a mistake that some others have also made.

The Mandela Effect is ridiculous millennial arrogance: to think that the universe has conspired to wrong foot us, rather than accept we got something wrong.

Poppyseed14 · 11/08/2022 18:09

What about Skechers/Sketchers OP? Where do you stand on those?

Taketheweather · 11/08/2022 18:06

It's a word that is commonly misspelled. I did a music degree and a significant portion of my fellow students couldn't spell it either.

The correct spelling has never changed though. You, and they, got it wrong.

quietnightmare · 11/08/2022 18:06

I've been Mandelaed too as It has an 'n' on the end in my perception

ShakespearesSisters · 11/08/2022 18:04

I think I would have spelt it with an n on the end too. Oops

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WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:04

TakeMeToYourLiar · 11/08/2022 18:02

I don’t believe in the Mandela effect.

but until I read your post and checked I would have sworn it was rhythmn

I’m not alone!!

I’ve never fallen victim to it before either, but I very much believe in it now 😂

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