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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The comedic timing of this strip is actually really good.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You should wrede a book they wrote, and after you've wred the book, write your own.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I've never been a fan of read/read/red They're too popular to all be comingled like that.

Just place read/read with Peruse/Perused

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wind as in air moving and wind as in a pathway with twists and turns.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Read and readed

[–] lgsp@feddit.it 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Words in which I can never remember h and g order:

  • length thought tough through

Inconsistent pronunciation of "ae"

  • steak read bear bleak

And many more...

[–] Fedditor385@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Words that produce the same sounds should have same spelling. Read in past tense and red is the same sound, so why isn't past tense of read - red?

Why most 'c' in words produce 'k' sounds?

Car and kar also produce the same sounds, so why C instead of K?

[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Read should be said "read" and read read. Read, on the other hand, I would leave as is.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago

Looking up the etymology is often helpful in theoretical discussions about pronunciation and spelling :)

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"well" is a noun, a verb, an adjective, an adverb and an interjection

[–] DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

English has so much of this sort of nonsense. Like the fish can be spelled ghoti thing.

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[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

We should be consistent and say "readed". While we're on the subject, why isn't the past tense of go "goed"?

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[–] Rudgrcom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Read and Reddit

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Façade is written using a letter that doesn't appear in English language keyboards (or in any other English word that I'm aware of).

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Are reed and red taken?

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

English a very difficult language

https://youtu.be/d6DfsBd3iSk

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

its, not it's.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Put: "hold my beer"

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