theodore said:

yes you are

I am amazed that anyone who didn't grow up around english can LEARN it. Its insane.

ToraToraDreams said:

As far as I know English is one of the easiest languages to learn

ToraToraDreams said:

I've been around it all my life and I still find myself pulling out a dictionary because I can't spell a certain word

mdiver said:

I'm from Texas and was once talking to a NY customer of the bank where I work. I told her she had a branch on "Hewston" St, well she proceeded to correct me that it was pronounced "Houseton". I told her, "Bitch, I'm from Texas and it's "Hewston". You MF's are saying it the wrong way!!" Then I got fired. Not really, but a conversation like that really did happen and you can best believe that's what I was thinking...
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veronikka said:

who speaks english anymore??

stomach should be stomack who decided to choose an h over a k



and then there is colenel pronounced cournel

oh yeah then there's debris that should be debree why the s?

home depo not depot ,merlo not merlot


ballet and valet both have different spellings... why?



same with buffet

dannyd5050 said:

when i was a newbie in NYC, i always said "hewston street" and it was a surefire way of marking myself as a n00b. it may not make sense, but since when have new yorkers and texans agreed on much of anything?

Anxiety said:

Tru dat, Tru dat...

PEJ said:

Because of the root of the word

Serious said:

no, really. Let's be Serious.




Get it? Serious? ehehehehehe Serious? (That's comedy folks )

Imago said:

Rather bad comedy though .

Oh lord..do not get me started about pronunciation of words...

I live in the UK now so everything they say is right because apparently the English created Americans..

yes, that is the bs that I am told on a daily basis.

Oh coarse I do not believe it.

Haven't you still mastered the Madonna english pronunciation?

shanti0608 said:

i've been told i'm the one with the accent

PANDURITO said:

Ha!

Only when I put on my fake accent and say "ta-ma-toes" or "lozenges"...it works better when you see the faces I have to make to say it that way.

I tend to say certain words that I have never used before in my life. It scares me when one of those words comes out of my mouth without thinking about it.

Colonel, Bologna, and Mortgage...how the hell are they pronounced the way they are is beyond me

You have Tow, Stow, Mow, Row, Grow

and Cow ?????

theodore said:

do you mean the ruut?

Teacher said:

Girl all I can tell you is that our language is strange..lol..
I got your card on Christmas Eve, that tickled me to death...I sent you a text the other day, don't know if it made it to you or not...anyways..

HAPPIEST OF NEW YEARS...c orgnote!!
love ya girl..

Revolution said:

I know, right?

hisfan4ever said:

I got it, thanks Got your orgnote, Imma call you one of these days. What time zone are you?

shanti0608 said:

Most Americans don't know why they speak English.
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i was just thinking about this the other day and how weird English is. with English, vowel sounds are always changing, while with other languages (like Spanish), vowels pretty much have the same pronunciation all the time. the words i think of all the time with this are:

Washington = the 'a' makes an 'ah' sound

-and-

Ashington = the 'a' here is a short 'a'

I think it's kind of funny how, if you add/take off the 'w', it changes the entire pronunciation of the word.
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AndGodCreatedMe said:

Ha...that's so funny - I've never heard that before.
What makes you say that?
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and here in the "south" ... since when did shrimp have a "k" in it??

SKrimp???