Or am I just a victim of the Mandela affect?

[WhimsicalGubbins]

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

But that same false fact, to be so widely believed? That is odd.

False memory is an individual thing. The Mandela effect is when it's bloody societal and so many people make the same mistake. There are other examples, like the crisp packet colour thing, "Luke, I am your father" and that non-existent film line that, ironically, I can't remember.

I'm with you OP pre spell check I always spelt it like that and was usually top of the class in English.

Well!!

If anyone wanted to know where the unpleasant folk gather (and I don’t mean the majority of commenters, the majority have had me in stitches, whether you were telling me I was nuts or coming out with your own misspellings)
But some posts! Jesus! Who knew that a lighthearted thread could bring out so many nasty folk.
Get a sense of humour or just move on!
And to the poster (it’s not worth checking the username) who very pettily tried to correct me on a typo, you’re a bit of a bore 😂

I’d like to add, that the term ‘Mandela effect’ isn’t actually offensive. Whether or not something is offensive is decided by the individual feeling the offence, it’s not universal.
Are any of you offended by the fact that there are many eponymous diseases, and those people that they are named after didn’t actually choose to have an awful disease bear their name

Actually yes I always spelled it with an n on the end as well and I also was top of the class for spellings at school. (Not so great now.)

Good call. I was trying to work out why you would think that and this seems a good explanantion.

ah the old walkers crisp change rears its head again

I still spell yogurt with an h even spell check on my phone says yoghurt

Yogurt is the American spelling, the correct spelling for English is with the H. Phones are always irritatingly set to American English

I’d like to add, that the term ‘Mandela effect’ isn’t actually offensive. Whether or not something is offensive is decided by the individual feeling the offence, it’s not universal.

Ah I must have skipped that bit in second year ethics and philosophy classes

So you’ve just declared an entire term not offensive, because according to you nothing can ever be offensive . As the offence only exists at the time the individual feels it.

Therefore am I correct in saying @WhimsicalGubbins that we can declare the N word or other such terms (I am mixed race Afro-Caribbean,, before we start) are not offensive, ever?

because the offence can only be decided by the person feeling the offence?

ah don’t tell me … “bore off”

@SavoirFlair im not even going to dignify any of that with a response, you’ve come to a lighthearted thread looking for a fight, and you won’t get one off me. Not today cupcake.
Trying to create a race row? Really?

Oh wow - I'm off to read that right now!

Pointing out a fallacy isn’t looking for a fight. And a “race row”…. good lord.

As for “lighthearted”.

this thread?! really?

To paraphrase a recent quote on here

Whether or not something is lighthearted is decided by the individual feeling the lightheartedness, it’s not universal.

Yes!!!!! @WhimsicalGubbins

@WhimsicalGubbins I mean yes I thought it was like that too

Completely with you on this one.

I remembered it!

The film quote loads of people know, that doesn't exist!

"What does it do? That's the beauty of it. It doesn't do anything."

Possible explanation here...

Thats so interesting, I immediately thought of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Bizarre.

Slightly off topic but when did avocado pears become just avocados?

Ah, but these movie misquotes! It's really just that a misquote itself becomes famous, that's why people think it's real, they've heard the misquote so often!

Like Play it again Sam, I am your father Luke etc.

Also, 'Alas poor Yorick I knew him well' if we want to go a little higher brow! 😁

Ahhh, this!!! I have often asked this one-and I know that they were definitely avocado pears in the uk at least, donkeys years ago I used to work in EPOS for a now defunct supermarket and I made the price labels for all the products-including avocado pears

Are any of you offended by the fact that there are many eponymous diseases, and those people that they are named after didn’t actually choose to have an awful disease bear their name

OMG don’t set them off down that road. Have you never seen a bun fight over Asperger and his syndrome? 🫣

I thought it was too!!!!!!!!

Related to the avocado pears thing.

Did Kiwi (the fruit) used to be called Ugly Fruit?

I'm a millennial so I'm used to hearing avocado-based insults, but I've never heard them called avocado pears.

Never heard kiwis called ugly fruit, but we did used to call passion fruit "snotfruit".

There’s a fruit called ugly fruit but it’s like a big lumpy orange.