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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Or am I just a victim of the Mandela affect?

118 replies

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

OP posts:
RedWingBoots · 11/08/2022 17:47

nope.

RiderOfTheBlue · 11/08/2022 17:47

Are you getting it confused with "hymn"?

Fairislefandango · 11/08/2022 17:50

Nope. It was never ever 'rhythmn'. It's not a case of people just thinking you're wrong. You are wrong. Sorry Grin. If you were right, I expect that somewhere in the vastness of the internet you would be able to find some proof...

DwightShrutesYFronts · 11/08/2022 17:51

Nope. Just you.

Thatswhyimacat · 11/08/2022 17:52

Rhythmn...ation?

PineForestsAndSunshine · 11/08/2022 17:53

Sorry, no!

Lots of words do end 'mn' which might explain the confusion?

DanielRicciardosSmile · 11/08/2022 17:54

No, sorry.

I mean, you might have spelt it with an "n" on the end, but you weren't correct.

Davros · 11/08/2022 17:55

I always think deceit should have a p in it (please Bob) like receipt

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 17:57

"The Mandela Effect" 🙄

Back in the olden days, we used to say "I made a mistake".

sunsetsandsandybeaches · 11/08/2022 17:59

Are you sure you're not thinking of hymn?

horseymum · 11/08/2022 18:00

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

WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:01

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 17:57

"The Mandela Effect" 🙄

Back in the olden days, we used to say "I made a mistake".

There’s always one that just wants to be unkind and/or condescending 🙄

Mandela effect and mistake are actually two different things

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Wotaloadofshit · 11/08/2022 18:01

You are not the only one confused over the spelling OP. Looks like someone else asked the same question back in 2011 on this site.

www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4992

Featuredcreature · 11/08/2022 18:02

There's no point asking about anything unusual on here, minds are so narrow they are measured in nm. Fwiw I don't have a strong memory of it being rhythmn. But I do have other Mandela effects I have strong feelings about Grin

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

Pumperthepumper · 11/08/2022 18:03

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 17:57

"The Mandela Effect" 🙄

Back in the olden days, we used to say "I made a mistake".

That’s not what the Mandela Effect is.

WhimsicalGubbins · 11/08/2022 18:03

Ah bugger! I can’t believe I’m alone in this 😂

Perhaps @Thatswhyimacat is right, I was just channeling Janet Jackson

OP posts:
MaggieDragon · 11/08/2022 18:04

Rejoice heartily, your teacher has measles.

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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ShakespearesSisters · 11/08/2022 18:04

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

quietnightmare · 11/08/2022 18:06

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

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.

Poppyseed14 · 11/08/2022 18:09

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

ParanoidGynodroid · 11/08/2022 18:12

Pumperthepumper · 11/08/2022 18:03

That’s not what the Mandela Effect is.

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.

ReneBumsWombats · 11/08/2022 18:13

The Mandelan Effect?