The fact that the spelling is far from phonetic - the same combinations of letters can stand for totally different words, like the "ough" in "tough", "though", "drought", etc.
2007-09-22 20:22:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
yes.
2007-09-23 15:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by Iqbal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...and :"plough"," thought","thorough" ,"through"....
Yes, blame the Anglo -Saxons. Why do we pronounce "women" "we-men" for instance?
In most languages there are differences in pronouncing certain encoded words simply because speech varied from one area to the other. Written transcriptions were often only approximate. One Interesting discrepancy is the Kentish village of "Wrotham" which is pronounced "Rootam", or a town like Leicester abbreviated to "Lester".
2007-09-22 21:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Agree. "Say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't.
Uh, this may come as a shock to you, I had four years of English in high school and two years in college. Congratulations if you just discovered that. ♥
2007-09-22 20:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree
2007-09-22 20:30:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-09-23 02:00:44 · answer #5 · answered by Rana 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I do agree with you.
2007-09-22 20:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
agree
2007-09-22 20:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by learner of knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, What about other words?
2007-09-22 20:30:12 · answer #8 · answered by sara 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋