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minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoMan the english language makes no sense. the sound in lose is the same sound as we are taught “oo” makes. Couldn’t a more straightforward language be chosen as the global one ffs
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoMy father (who had a PhD in English) used to tell me that “ghoti” was pronounced “fish” GH as in rouGH O as in wOmen TI as in raTIon
minus-squareDr. Bluefall@toast.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat isn’t really consistent with English orthography. But you can write “pfysche”, and that would be consistent with English.
minus-squareahal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHere’s a poem you might enjoy: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSilly poem showing its age, Made has not the sound of bade, Made totally sounds like bade
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOoh, also its accent, this is not a thing couplet for me Discount, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward, Nor it’s immediate predecessor, Banquet is not nearly parquet, Which exactly rhymes with khaki. Parquet isn’t in my vocabulary, but doesn’t seem to rhyme with khaki in any common dialect either way.
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoThere’s also loose and they sound the same but mean different things. Loose is when your pants is too wide. Lose is when the pants were so wide that you lost them.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoThey don’t sound the same at all though. Lose - looze Loose - luice
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoInteresting, I didn’t know that. FYI, there’s the phonetic transcription that saves us from using other words to describe a pronunciation. luːz - lose luːs - loose
Agreed, but…
LOSE
Man the english language makes no sense.
the sound in lose is the same sound as we are taught “oo” makes.
Couldn’t a more straightforward language be chosen as the global one ffs
My father (who had a PhD in English) used to tell me that “ghoti” was pronounced “fish”
GH as in rouGH
O as in wOmen
TI as in raTIon
That isn’t really consistent with English orthography.
But you can write “pfysche”, and that would be consistent with English.
Here’s a poem you might enjoy: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Silly poem showing its age,
Made totally sounds like bade
Ooh, also its accent, this is not a thing couplet for me
Nor it’s immediate predecessor,
Parquet isn’t in my vocabulary, but doesn’t seem to rhyme with khaki in any common dialect either way.
There’s also loose and they sound the same but mean different things.
Loose is when your pants is too wide.
Lose is when the pants were so wide that you lost them.
They don’t sound the same at all though.
Lose - looze
Loose - luice
Interesting, I didn’t know that. FYI, there’s the phonetic transcription that saves us from using other words to describe a pronunciation.
luːz - lose
luːs - loose