And it gets really tricky with plurals.
Ox = Oxen
Box /= Boxen
Mouse = Mice
House /= Hice
I never noticed this until today
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Ox = Oxen
Box /= Boxen
Mouse = Mice
House /= Hice
Not to mention a certain lord named Coughburn though it get spelled in a way that'd probably get me censored around here... 
Yes.I seem to recall reading somebody's observing that English is a language that stalks other languages into dark alleys, to beat them up and take their words, and then riffle through their pockets for loose grammar...
”The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse prostitute. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
― James D. Nicoll
Back in the days of usenet I was on some of the same newsgroups as him.
Word change due to forum filters.
"It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'!"
Yous all say Yogurt like yawgurt then? I'm sure if I heard someone say it that way, I'd be doing the blank stare at them "did they just?". Too fun. I also notice, but could be just me, that brits dont really use consonants. Humanity is said " h U m A n I t Y". Actually, the M I'd hear too, but the rest are almost gone. Or is that only certain areas? Different accents and such?Because he is English, not American.
What is the correct phonetic pronunciation of the word 'cobra'?
Answer (1 of 2): American : cow-bruh with the cow rhyming with slow and low not a lady bull. British : cobb-ruh In this example the British pronunciation follows the general rule of thumb that a vowel followed by a single consonant then a vowel is long, indeed this rule is the essence of the si...www.quora.com
"American : cow-bruh with the cow rhyming with slow and low not a lady bull.
British : cobb-ruh
In this example the British pronunciation follows the general rule of thumb that a vowel followed by a single consonant then a vowel is long, indeed this rule is the essence of the silent e at the end of a word so that ‘run’ would become’rune’. To keep the vowel short, the consonant is doubled, as in ‘running’.
This is the same with ‘zebra’ (American : zee-bruh; British zebb-ruh)
Two consonants implies the vowel is short, cobb-ruh and zebb-ruh
In principle, this rule should also apply to ‘project’ (Am : proe-ject; Br proj-ect) and yogurt (Am : Yoe-gurt, Br : yogg-urt) as the single consonant should mean a long vowel. But the British buck the system and pronounce it with a short vowel.
Conclusion 1 : The Brits are right and the Yanks are wrong for cobra and zebra, the Yanks are right and the Brits are wrong for project and yogurt.
Conclusion 2 : If both Americans and British followed the rules of thumb, these would become proper rules which could be learned and everyone would be happy.
Please note that neither ‘both’ nor ‘proper’ follow the above rules while follow, rule, these and happy do."
I think the selectable ship hologram thing has been in there always. It'd be sweet if it only showed the ships available at each station. Err I actually dont know if it doesn't, but I think it's the same everywhere, currently.
No. Yog-urt ("yog" to rhyme with "bog").
Sounds like it's somewhere that uses a lot of glottal stops, like Essex or parts of east and south London. "Bu'ah" instead of "butter", for instance. Usually lower class speech, as posh people are trained to pronounce their T's.
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"A shower not a grower" isn't the same "shower" as a "shower" of rain...
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a valid sentence.
Is he British and are you American? Being English, that's how I would say it too.
The difference is speaking Americanese or English.Because he is English, not American.
What is the correct phonetic pronunciation of the word 'cobra'?
Answer (1 of 2): American : cow-bruh with the cow rhyming with slow and low not a lady bull. British : cobb-ruh In this example the British pronunciation follows the general rule of thumb that a vowel followed by a single consonant then a vowel is long, indeed this rule is the essence of the si...
"American : cow-bruh with the cow rhyming with slow and low not a lady bull.
British : cobb-ruh
In this example the British pronunciation follows the general rule of thumb that a vowel followed by a single consonant then a vowel is long, indeed this rule is the essence of the silent e at the end of a word so that ‘run’ would become’rune’. To keep the vowel short, the consonant is doubled, as in ‘running’.
This is the same with ‘zebra’ (American : zee-bruh; British zebb-ruh)
Two consonants implies the vowel is short, cobb-ruh and zebb-ruh
In principle, this rule should also apply to ‘project’ (Am : proe-ject; Br proj-ect) and yogurt (Am : Yoe-gurt, Br : yogg-urt) as the single consonant should mean a long vowel. But the British buck the system and pronounce it with a short vowel.
Conclusion 1 : The Brits are right and the Yanks are wrong for cobra and zebra, the Yanks are right and the Brits are wrong for project and yogurt.
Conclusion 2 : If both Americans and British followed the rules of thumb, these would become proper rules which could be learned and everyone would be happy.
Please note that neither ‘both’ nor ‘proper’ follow the above rules while follow, rule, these and happy do."
Even more off topic, but for languages that I'm glad I'm native of and don't have to learn, have to bring in Finnish with this meme:
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Dog=koira in Finnish FYI And Finnish is one of the easiest languages to write and read, if it's your primary language. - Funny
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Especially if you're in Dances with Wolves.Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo is a valid sentence.