BEDROCK Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 What words can you see, write and speak that just look all wrong even though when you say it sounds right. My word is... Colonel - Why not just say Kernel instead as that is how you pronounce it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Lieutenant (to continue the theme ) Salisbury Barugh Green Bacup Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It is not the words or their pronunciation which are 'stupid'. Ignorance of the way English has developed as a language can however lead some people to that conclusion, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDROCK Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Lieutenant (to continue the theme ) Salisbury Barugh Green Bacup Wednesday In theory then, we should call it Wensday, like Sheffield Wensday. Same as for... Cough - Why not just say coff. Plough - Plaw sounds better. Laugh - Having a laff sounds more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 In theory then, we should call it Wensday, like Sheffield Wensday. Same as for... Cough - Why not just say coff. Plough - Plaw sounds better. Laugh - Having a laff sounds more like it. All you're suggesting are regional (dialect) versions of the various pronunciations. What makes them any better?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDROCK Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Well, ancient spellings are no longer relevant nowadays, it all needs updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 What needs updating is people's attitude to English Language. The rot set in when Americanisms started creeping in because society was soaking up yank tv and movies. American words began to soak into the written and spoken language and many younger persons were starting to know no different. Elevator particuarly is heavilly used as is cell phone!! Now we have moved on even further. With the advent of email and text messages hideous text speak and slang started to develop. Which once again many of the young folk seem to think is perfectly acceptable to then use in business and professional correspondence. Add that to the almost complete reliance on auto correct and spell checking and handwritten forms becoming less and less we could soon end up with an entire generation who know no different. I have seen one too many emails written in txt spk and one particular cover letter that actually had the words "cos" and "ta" as part of the sentences. As someone for whom both english and latin language is still a tool in my profession and where 3 hour written exams are still the status quo I find this very worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Add that to the almost complete reliance on auto correct and spell checking and handwritten forms becoming less and less we could soon end up with an entire generation who know no different. As someone for whom both english and latin language is still a tool in my profession and were3 hour written exams are still the status quo I find this very worrying. Lol...auto correct missed "where". Totally agree by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Well, ancient spellings are no longer relevant nowadays, it all needs updating. So why not spell your username Bedrok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattricia Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 In theory then, we should call it Wensday, like Sheffield Wensday. Same as for... Cough - Why not just say coff. Plough - Plaw sounds better. Laugh - Having a laff sounds more like it. Its so much more interesting when you write down how we pronounce the words and not just how we spell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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