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vankappa 58 points 3 years ago

I'm seeing "antisemitic" written "antisemetic" so many times lately, but I think only the first one is right. I'm no native speaker though.

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Squorlple 70 points 3 years ago

At least you’re not being anti-semantic

Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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root_beer 21 points 3 years ago

I’m guessing that you’re seeing the latter because a lot of people tend to pronounce it that way

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Veraxus 16 points 3 years ago

You are correct.

Remember kids, the singular is semite, not semete. Hence, sem_i_tic, with an i.

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darcy 1 point 3 years ago

whoops

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twelvefloatinghands 10 points 3 years ago

Looks like you're right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitic_trope

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Sotuanduso 6 points 3 years ago

Actually the first one is left. Unless you write right to left, like in semitic languages. Hehe.

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lolcatnip 5 points 3 years ago

You're correct. The root word is Semite, so replacing the i with an e would make no phonetic sense. (Bonus fact: The word Semite refers to both Arabs and Jews.)

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Zehzin 1 point 3 years ago

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