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Speaking it is one thing.....reading and writing it...something else entirely. For instance
There.......Their pronounced the same, different meanings. Same goes for
red..........read
sale.........sail
tale.........tail
while.......wile
And then we have those words that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently
like bow. It can be coupled with an arrow and pronounced one way, or lowering your head (or body) to pay homage
tear that we cry, and tear that we rip apart
we read a book that you have already read
And then we have those wonderful words that are sort of spelled the same, but all pronounced completely different. (Desi Arnaz demonstated this in a fantastic way on an I Love Lucy show)
bough, cough, dough, enough, rough, tough, through, though
How about bear and bare
bore and boar
dear and deer
hear and here
pear and pare
Along those lines....hear, pear, (more of those spelled nearly the same and pronounced differently.
There is so much more, so I am giving great credit to our members here who were not born and raised in the U.S. but took the time to learn the language.
And then, to those born and raised in the U.S. studying English in school was hard, wasn't it? LOL
There.......Their pronounced the same, different meanings. Same goes for
red..........read
sale.........sail
tale.........tail
while.......wile
And then we have those words that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently
like bow. It can be coupled with an arrow and pronounced one way, or lowering your head (or body) to pay homage
tear that we cry, and tear that we rip apart
we read a book that you have already read
And then we have those wonderful words that are sort of spelled the same, but all pronounced completely different. (Desi Arnaz demonstated this in a fantastic way on an I Love Lucy show)
bough, cough, dough, enough, rough, tough, through, though
How about bear and bare
bore and boar
dear and deer
hear and here
pear and pare
Along those lines....hear, pear, (more of those spelled nearly the same and pronounced differently.
There is so much more, so I am giving great credit to our members here who were not born and raised in the U.S. but took the time to learn the language.
And then, to those born and raised in the U.S. studying English in school was hard, wasn't it? LOL