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by arwhatever 1547 days ago
vcls?
4 comments

Looking at the name I imagine that English is not his first language. Gunnar is a Scandinavian/Germanic name. "Vowels" in English is "Vokaler" in Norwegian.

axiosgunnar's profile says he is from Riga.

I read it as vowels, although with a typo. Whether or not the typo is intentional, I guess that shows that we can also error-correct although not with 100% accuracy.
i read it as vocals and said to myself, "poor word choice". vowels are vocalized I guess?
A "false friend" maybe. Vowel translates to Vokal in German for example.