Marty_d Posted March 13, 2021 Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Sorry folks - I hit the "post reply" button too many times when it didn't move... Edited March 13, 2021 by Marty_d Duplicate
Marty_d Posted March 13, 2021 Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Sorry folks - I hit the "post reply" button too many times when it didn't move... Edited March 13, 2021 by Marty_d Duplicate
Marty_d Posted March 13, 2021 Posted March 13, 2021 On 11/03/2021 at 10:24 AM, facthunter said: How can Laughter sound like Larfter. That would make daughter darfter. Nev Some of them are.
red750 Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 Here's another example: --ood, as in good, wood Blood, flood food, mood ???
old man emu Posted March 21, 2021 Author Posted March 21, 2021 https://www.languageonthemove.com/is-english-spelling-an-insult-to-human-intelligence/ 1 1
Yenn Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 The spelling may be odd and the pronunciation difficult, but we seem to be able to give out more information with fewer words than any other language. This is very apparent when we see films with sub titles. The leading lady speaks for several minutes and the sub title is "No" I jest, but it is obvious when you look at instruction books in multiple languages.
spacesailor Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 The English language is made from multiple foreign languages that enslaved the pics or whatever they were callef before they were Given that name, even Derby, pronounced Darby, ( not Derby as in W A ) is viking for deer, as the place had lots of them. Who knows what the world would think IF the English spoke Welsh !. spacesailor
red750 Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 I like the German translation of "aviation" - Luftfahrt 1
Old Koreelah Posted March 28, 2021 Posted March 28, 2021 On 22/03/2021 at 1:53 PM, Yenn said: ... we seem to be able to give out more information with fewer words than any other language... When Kodak film came with instructions in multiple languages, the English section was the shortest.
red750 Posted April 4, 2021 Posted April 4, 2021 Consider these with rhyming sounds: Fort, sort bought, fought, sought, thought court caught, taught taut (as in 'a taut rope') Who said English wasn't confusing. 1
nomadpete Posted April 4, 2021 Posted April 4, 2021 34 minutes ago, red750 said: Who said English wasn't confusing. Just about everyone. Even the English!
red750 Posted April 4, 2021 Posted April 4, 2021 Every English language book you will ever read is just different combinations of 26 letters. 1 1
nomadpete Posted April 4, 2021 Posted April 4, 2021 It must take a lot of skill to make so many confusing non phonetic words with a mere 26 letters! 1
old man emu Posted April 5, 2021 Author Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, nomadpete said: It must take a lot of skill to make so many confusing non phonetic words with a mere 26 letters! Don't you try to cheat at Scrabble?
nomadpete Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 I would never cheat at board games. It would set a bad example. Besides, once I legitimise cheating, my mob would beat me at that, too.
nomadpete Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) As pointed out by others above, there are enough confuzing craysee spelled words out there without me trying to make up new ones. Edited April 5, 2021 by nomadpete
spacesailor Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 Try this ( please ). Finnish this sentence " Bow and bough are both pronounced XXX ". spacesailor
old man emu Posted April 5, 2021 Author Posted April 5, 2021 bow with a short -o-, "forward part of a ship," beginning where the sides trend inward, mid-14c., from a source such as Old Norse bogr, Middle Low German boog, Middle Dutch boech "bow of a ship," from Proto-Germanic *bugon-, from PIE root *bheug- "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects. bough Old English bog "shoulder, arm," extended in Old English to "twig, branch of a tree" , from Proto-Germanic *bogaz (source also of Old Norse bogr "shoulder," Old High German buog "upper part of the arm or leg," German Bug "shoulder, hock, joint"), from PIE root *bhagu- "arm" (source also of Sanskrit bahus "arm," Armenian bazuk, Greek pakhys "forearm"). The "limb of a tree" sense is peculiar to English.
spacesailor Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 YES BUT. What is the spelling of the pronunciation word. I was canned unmercifully at school. for this " English spelling ". spacesailor
red750 Posted April 5, 2021 Posted April 5, 2021 In the context of your first question, the pronunciation rhymes with "now". However, in other uses for "bow", the pronunciation rhymes with "no", as in "bow and arrow", "bow of ribbon". 1
old man emu Posted April 5, 2021 Author Posted April 5, 2021 The different sound we give to those three letters, b, o and w all depends on the length of the sound we give "o". The short "o" sound as in "how now brown cow" is used in nouns (now & cow), adjectives (brown) and adverbs (how) The long "o" sound is used in verbs as in "to bow", meaning to bend. This will help determine the sound of the letters that make "sow". Short "o"- female pig; long "o" - to scatter seed Then, of course you have the exception - "sop" - to absorb liquid. As a noun or a verb it always has a short "o" as in "cop". 1
red750 Posted April 8, 2021 Posted April 8, 2021 Sewer: An artificial, usually underground conduit for carrying off sewage or rainwater. Sewer: one who does sewing.
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