And we shit on the French
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Fought
Through
Though
Throughout
are not pronounced the same and there are a lot more, just this freaking -ough is what I hate the most.
Island – I land
you’re your yore
English is hard even for native speakers lol
There, they’re, their
Bass, bass
daughter, laughter
gunwale
forecastle
EVEN WORSE: Homographs:::
Content – Content
Minute – Minute
Tear – Tear
Bow – Bow
Wind – Wind
Object – Object
Close – Close
Lead – Lead
Subject – Subject
Present – Present
All have the same spelling but two meanings and pronunciations.
it was easy to me tbh
Inflammable = Flammable
Incorrect != correct
Inappropriate != appropriate
There is a slight pronunciation difference though. One is pronounced like “no”, and the other sounds more like “know”
Where
We’re
Wear
Ware
Were
Try French
There is a comparison like this for almost every language.
Even native English speakers can’t figure out “they’re – their – there” and “your – you’re”
Blame the great vowel shift (which is Frenchie’s fault)
ten, eleven, twelve
I personally never had any problems with English, everything just makes sense to me, its perfect!
You should look up “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité
and>>> with the rules of English you can spell FISH :: GHOTI
GH – makes the “F” sound like the GH in enouGH
O – Makes the “I” sound like the O in wOmen (the plural of women)
TI – makes the “SH” sound like the TI in FuncTIon
A great deal of English’s pronunciation problems are due to French.
Now – know better😘
Yeah. Because that’s not why we shit on the French
Their
There
They’re
There, they’re, their 🤣
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