The comedic timing of this strip is actually really good.
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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip))
Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.
Read and readed
Read and Reddit
English has so much of this sort of nonsense. Like the fish can be spelled ghoti thing.
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Looking up the etymology is often helpful in theoretical discussions about pronunciation and spelling :)
Façade is written using a letter that doesn't appear in English language keyboards (or in any other English word that I'm aware of).
Just like naïve
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"well" is a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb and an interjection
Read should be said "read" and read read. Read, on the other hand, I would leave as is.
Are reed and red taken?
Words in which I can never remember h and g order:
- length thought tough through
Inconsistent pronunciation of "ae"
- steak read bear bleak
And many more...
Put: "hold my beer"
We should be consistent and say "readed". While we're on the subject, why isn't the past tense of go "goed"?
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