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To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O. (lemm.ee)
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w(uh)man to w(ih)men

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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

English phonetics suck more than any other language ever spoke or tried to learn

[-] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That’s cuz English is a bully that beats up all the other languages and steals their words

[-] Draghetta@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Nah fam.. the leader took the lead, then he lead while wearing lead. This is pure English, no loanwords.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

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