Have you ever read a word aloud based on how it looks only to find out that it has a completely different pronunciation all together? I have. You know the word ‘colonel’? It sounds like it’s supposed to be pronounced ‘ka-lo-nel’, but it’s not. It’s actually pronounced ‘ker-nel’. What?! Why would you make a word that looks nothing like how it is said? SO I have a bone to pick with the English Language. Please stop making words that don’t look like they sound. I mean, think about people that are trying to learn English as a second language. Do you really want to make them suffer? Do ya really? Since I’ve already berated you and scolded you, I’ll be nice and give you a couple words that you need to work on.
1. Featherstonehaugh pronounced Fan-shaw (really?! You couldn’t have just spelled it that way? It’s a real word, by the way. If you don’t believe me, look it up. And no, I didn’t look it up on urban dictionary.)
2. Ghoti pronounced ‘fish’ (okay, really now? I know this seems implausible, but it’s true. I had to look it up for myself. Apparently, the ‘gh’ is a ’f’ sound, the ‘o’ has an ‘i’ sound, and the ‘ti’ has the ‘sh’ sound as in creation)
3. Chutzpah pronounced ‘hut-ba’ (…..?)
These are just a few of them… So yeah. Hope you enjoyed. :)
Chrissy G.
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