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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Juryrigged is awesome. I'm pretty sure it's jerry rig though? Am I wrong?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with you. I've always heard it as jerryrigged.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's been abused for so many decades im sure you can reliably use either spelling and not be misunderstood.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Lol I may have it wrong. It must be the accent I grew up around, always heard it as juryrigged when spoken. We get lazy with our vowels around here.