Strewth the spelling of English is weird!

[red750]

How to you pronounce GHOTI?Answer....FISH.

 

GH as in rough.

 

O as in women

 

TI as in ignition.

By that logic, my marital partner is my YPH.

 

 

[spacesailor]

The NewZealand town of Whakatane, starts with an F (WH=F)

 

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[Marty_d]

The NewZealand town of Whakatane, starts with an F (WH=F)spacesailor

That's just whucking weird.

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I'm a bit what.

 

 

[old man emu]

That's where comment.

 

 

[facthunter]

Hoof hart hed.? Nev

 

 

[old man emu]

Funny story. The Australian Jockey Club rejected "Hoof Hearted' as a name for a galloper.

 

 

[Bruce]

There is a bumper sticker " whale oil beef hooked " and I can almost hear a Yorkshireman saying it.

 

 

[spacesailor]

Took a few seconds to ring my bell !

 

Good one

 

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[red750]

One of the most incorrectly used words, on forums and in social media, is the word "use" itself. Whether pronounced yooz, or yuce, it is often misused, particularly in the past tense form, 'used'.

 

So many people write "I use to go swimming". They are speaking about the past, so the correct expression is "I used to go swimming." This is because, when speaking, they pronounce it yuce-ta.

 

Another common mistake is swapping 'of' for 'have', as in "I could of cried" when they should have said "I could have cried".

 

 

[spacesailor]

On the English Facebook. I have a Very Hard time deciphering the language, there's far too much profanity in each sentence, they must type a third more letters than necessary.

 

BUT They can & are, communicating.

 

spacesailor.

 

 

[Bruce]

There are lots of young people now who say "goes like" when they mean "said".

 

As in.. She goes like " that was stupid " so I go like " no it wasn't".

 

 

[pmccarthy]

Remember Kylie Mole? “She goes, she goes, she just....goes!”

 

 

[red750]

Thinking about words spelled and pronounced the same, but with different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. One that springs to mind is....oh yes, MIND.

 

1 Are you out of your mind?

 

2 Would you mind passing the butter?

 

3 Don't mind me, I'm just passing though.

 

4 Would you mind my place while I go to the bathroom?

 

5 Mind your step,

 

No wonder people say English is a difficult language to learn.

 

 

[spacesailor]

Never mind, I tried to learn French years ago.

 

"Every object in French is either masculine or feminine, just to help make your language learning that little bit trickier! Examples of feminine objects: a table (unetable) a car (une voiture)Mar 24, 2013 "

 

Then I tried "Esperanto" same result, ?.

 

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[facthunter]

Bless this ship and all who sail in HER. It's everywhere.. Nev

 

 

[Yenn]

Is that not really "la table" or "le voiture" I think une means one off.

 

 

[old man emu]

AH! La plume de ma tante est sur la bureau de mon oncle!

 

 

[facthunter]

un deux trous 123. une can mean a.???..... feminine. Nev

 

 

[Marty_d]

I'm trying to learn French - the teacher on the CD's says not to worry about the masculine and feminine when talking, because the French just cut everything down to "l" instead of "la" or "le". Eg l'table, l'maison.

 

 

[old man emu]

Does anyone remember Armand, the poncy French boy existing in Molesworthy's French text book?

 

molesworth

 

molesworth / Self Demonstrating - TV Tropes

 

 

[spacesailor]

Not in the UK books !.

 

No pictures, unlike Comic,s, that the teachers so despised. & we loved.

 

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[pmccarthy]

Our French textbook was all about Madame Souris and her mouse family.

 

 

[red750]

Here's another one to confuse the hell out of newcomers to English -

 

Bolts and nuts.

 

Fruit and nuts.

 

Are you nuts?

 

 

[Litespeed]

Buggered if I know.

 

But I am pretty sure.....I am abnormally normal.

 

No I mean normally abnormal.