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English is weird
Tova:
For your other question, the best I can come up with is an “ugh.”
Is it cold in here?:
There was a great zinger in "Words on the Move" where the linguist who wrote it said "English spelling is a tragic accident".
Akima:
Consider the contrast between the pronunciations of plough ("plow"), cough ("coff"), and dough ("doh")...
Tova:
I still remember being introduced to the creatively misspelled "ghoti" at school.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Akima on 21 Feb 2019, 20:21 ---Consider the contrast between the pronunciations of plough ("plow"), cough ("coff"), and dough ("doh")...
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...and rough ("ruff"), and hough ("hocch" - the glottal CH as in scots "Loch" (not Lock))
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