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This drives me nuts when I see it done wrong, but it's actually kind of complicated because English is orthographically deranged.

Lead (/liːd/) [verb, present tense]: to guide, etc. I asked them to lead us in a rousing revolutionary anthem.

Led (/led/) [verb, past tense]: as above, but past tense. Later, we were led to a blank concrete wall.

Lead (/led/) [noun]: A soft, poisonous metal. Bullets are most often made of lead.

Just to make it confusing...

Lead (/liːd/) [noun]: kind of like "leader". Officer Johnson was our lead on this operation. (Note: it also means "leash"; e.g., I clipped the lead to Bowser's collar.)

Lede (/liːd/) [noun]: The first bit of a news story, often the first sentence. I didn't read the full article, but the lede suggested the protesters were decimated by police.

Leeds [proper noun]: A Town in England. Leeds is the worst place to stage peaceful protests.

And finally...

LED (ell ee dee) [noun, abbr.]: Abbreviation for light-emitting diode. For the love of any gods you might believe in, fucking capitalize it. Electronics hobbyists I'm looking in your direction.

More Examples

  • Wrong: I was lead into the woods by a stranger.

  • Right: I was led into the woods by a stranger.

  • Wrong: The lead in an ad about cheap bulk led lead me to lede my leed dog to Leides on her led lede.

  • Right: The lede in an ad about cheap bulk lead led me to lead my lead dog to Leeds on her LED lead.

(The last example is stupidly confusing, but it was fun to write.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Well ackshually ..."

You forgot one, lead as in cord.

Examples:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ledes: leads led the lead leads to LEDs in Leeds.

Pronounced:

the leeds: leeds led the led leeds to leds in leeds

Translation:

multiple headlines said he followed his bosses with soft metal wires to connect some energy efficient lights in the worst place to stage a protest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your example for lede should reference burying the lede as that’s most often when I see people using it wrong

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for making the community 100% more literate with this post

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Now do one about theiry're please.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where does this leave Led Zeppelin? Am I guiding said Zeppelin somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC someone told them that their band would fall and crash like a Lead (the metal) Balloon. They changed it from Lead to Led and had their name

Bonus story: Daft Punk got their name in a similar manner. A critic described their music as "dafty punk"