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Mead 11/02/21 5:48:31 AM #1: |
Like its obvious that whoever came up with that spelling and pronunciation combo was just being a smug butthead
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captpackrat 11/02/21 6:05:40 AM #2: |
Syzygy
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captpackrat 11/02/21 6:19:56 AM #3: |
The way the British spell certain words drives me crazy. I was in my 20s before I realized that "gaol" was pronounced "jail" and not gah-ole. And I was even older before I figured out that "draught" was supposed to be "draft".
A lot of nautical terms have wacky spelling too. Boatswain (pronounced bosun), leeward (loo'erd), forecastle (foc'sle) --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mead 11/02/21 6:23:37 AM #4: |
captpackrat posted...
The way the British spell certain words drives me crazy. I was in my 20s before I realized that "gaol" was pronounced "jail" and not gah-ole. And I was even older before I figured out that "draught" was supposed to be "draft". dude Im 36 and I am finding out that it is not pronounced DROTT in this moment lol --- Proud B Student ... Copied to Clipboard!
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captpackrat 11/02/21 7:34:25 AM #5: |
Mead posted...
dude Im 36 and I am finding out that it is not pronounced DROTT in this moment lolThe "ugh" is pronounced "f" like in laugh. Ugh, indeed. --- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nichtcrawler X 11/02/21 7:38:42 AM #6: |
Most of those just look like old words, that kept their old spellings because they are jargon.
Yacht looks right. (normal j sound, which in English tends to get written as y and a chi sound that some/most English speakers refuse to pronounce.) --- Official Teetotaller of PotD Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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