Why should there be an 'h' in 'honor'? Why should there be an 'r' in 'color'?
1) If we look at it from a pronunciation standpoint the 'r' in both words is pronounced, but the 'h' in honor isn't . For color I'd change the 'c' to a 'k'.
2) If I could go back in time I would prevent the Great Vowel Shift from happening. What a mess it made for English in compared to other languages.
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Why should there be an 'h' in 'honor'? Why should there be an 'r' in 'color'?
1) If we look at it from a pronunciation standpoint the 'r' in both words is pronounced, but the 'h' in honor isn't . For color I'd change the 'c' to a 'k'.
2) If I could go back in time I would prevent the Great Vowel Shift from happening. What a mess it made for English in compared to other languages.
The 'r's are silent in England. Why would you change 'c' to 'k'? That makes no sense.
Why would you change 'c' to 'k'? That makes no sense.
It’s the right phoneme.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
Why would you change 'c' to 'k'? That makes no sense.
It’s the right phoneme.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
Exactly my point. Kite and colour have the same |'k| sound.
But to [@]Tallest Skil[/@]'s point, cite, site, and sight are heterographic homophones where the spelling helps, but if you are speaking you need the context to understand what word is being used.
chisel chimp chump chop chip <span style="line-height:1.4em;">choose chortle </span>
Aha! CH, on the other hand, is its own phoneme. If you take away the H effect, you get an S sound. May as well turn ch into its own letter.
With its variety of use being greater than the rest of the consonants, C could also just be made a vowel.
Oh, speaking of English. Ghoughpteighbteauis pronounced ‘potato<span style="line-height:22.399999618530273px;">’.</span>
I don't get your point.
Cite and kite are two different words with different spellings and different pronunciations. Site is pronounced the same as cite but has a different meaning. So what letter do you propose to replace 'c' in cite as it can't be 's'?
Cite and kite are two different words with different spellings and different pronunciations. Site is pronounced the same as cite but has a different meaning. So what letter do you propose to replace 'c' in cite as it can't be 's'?
In American English cite and kite are prononced* the same. At least I do. If you pronounce* them the same they have the same phonemes.
* Removed the letter 'u' for [@]Lorin Schultz[/@]. ????
Cite and kite are two different words with different spellings and different pronunciations. Site is pronounced the same as cite but has a different meaning. So what letter do you propose to replace 'c' in cite as it can't be 's'?
In American English cite and kite are prononced* the same. At least I do. If you pronounce* them the same they have the same phonemes.
* Removed the letter 'u' for [@]Lorin Schultz[/@]. ????
Lol at 'u'!
Oh, I'm surprised that they're spoken the same in American. 'Cite' is pronounced 'site' over here.
I'm pretty sure you say 'excited' the same way as us! And 'excellent.' 'Facile.' 'Accentuate.' 'Accent.' 'Accord.' 'Chord.' 'Dice.' 'Nice.' 'Lice.' 'Licence.' 'Censure.' 'Plaice.' 'Ace.' 'Mace.' Etcetera. ????
Oh, I'm surprised that they're spoken the same in American. 'Cite' is pronounced 'site' over here.
Huh. Your sentences seem to be at odds with other since I see the letter combination of site as being prononced the same as cite, but I checked the New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition (aka: Mac dictionary). We definitely do prononce it differently.
Oh, I'm surprised that they're spoken the same in American. 'Cite' is pronounced 'site' over here.
Huh. Your sentences seem to be at odds with other since I see the letter combination of site as being prononced the same as cite, but I checked the New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition (aka: Mac dictionary). We definitely do prononce it differently.
American English:
cite |s?t|
site |s?t|
sight |s?t|
British English:
site |s??t|
site |s?t|
sight |s?t|
I'm not sure what you're saying. All the words you listed are pronounced the same way in English.
I'm not sure what you're saying. All the words you listed are pronounced the same way in English.
I guess that means a different pronunciation, but I don't read phonetics. What I do know is that all six words are pronounced the same way in English. Perhaps it's different in American.
As noted by the OAD3, the only difference is in British English with the word cite not being prononced like the other two, whereas in American English they are all the same… which I think was [@]Tallest Skil[/@]'s point.
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1) If we look at it from a pronunciation standpoint the 'r' in both words is pronounced, but the 'h' in honor isn't . For color I'd change the 'c' to a 'k'.
2) If I could go back in time I would prevent the Great Vowel Shift from happening. What a mess it made for English in compared to other languages.
Why should there be an 'h' in 'honor'? Why should there be an 'r' in 'color'?
1) If we look at it from a pronunciation standpoint the 'r' in both words is pronounced, but the 'h' in honor isn't . For color I'd change the 'c' to a 'k'.
2) If I could go back in time I would prevent the Great Vowel Shift from happening. What a mess it made for English in compared to other languages.
The 'r's are silent in England. Why would you change 'c' to 'k'? That makes no sense.
It’s the right phoneme.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
It’s the right phoneme.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
Cite?
Kite?
It’s the right phoneme.
C is completely redundant in modern English. There aren’t any instances of the letter where replacing it with S or K wouldn’t result in the same sound.
chisel chimp chump chop chip choose chortle
but
chasm kasm
cheroot sheroot
chiropodist shiropodist
Exactly my point. Kite and colour have the same |'k| sound.
But to [@]Tallest Skil[/@]'s point, cite, site, and sight are heterographic homophones where the spelling helps, but if you are speaking you need the context to understand what word is being used.
Site. Same phonemes.
Aha! CH, on the other hand, is its own phoneme. If you take away the H effect, you get an S sound. May as well turn ch into its own letter.
With its variety of use being greater than the rest of the consonants, C could also just be made a vowel.
Oh, speaking of English. Ghoughpteighbteau is pronounced ‘potato’.
In American English we spell it Ghoghpteighbteau.
Site. Same phonemes.
Aha! CH, on the other hand, is its own phoneme. If you take away the H effect, you get an S sound. May as well turn ch into its own letter.
With its variety of use being greater than the rest of the consonants, C could also just be made a vowel.
Oh, speaking of English. Ghoughpteighbteau is pronounced ‘potato’.
I say potato....
lots of them in English, a very famous character in a series Dads Army
At my school - they had an example like ghoughpteighbteau but I can't for the life of me remember what it was - i tried google but to no avail.
the intent was the same - to point out the weirdness of certain character combos
I don't get your point.
Cite and kite are two different words with different spellings and different pronunciations. Site is pronounced the same as cite but has a different meaning. So what letter do you propose to replace 'c' in cite as it can't be 's'?
In American English cite and kite are prononced* the same. At least I do. If you pronounce* them the same they have the same phonemes.
* Removed the letter 'u' for [@]Lorin Schultz[/@]. ????
So?
Either S or K, depending on the pronunciation. Kookies, osean, thrise, kar.
Lol at 'u'!
Oh, I'm surprised that they're spoken the same in American. 'Cite' is pronounced 'site' over here.
I'm pretty sure you say 'excited' the same way as us! And 'excellent.' 'Facile.' 'Accentuate.' 'Accent.' 'Accord.' 'Chord.' 'Dice.' 'Nice.' 'Lice.' 'Licence.' 'Censure.' 'Plaice.' 'Ace.' 'Mace.' Etcetera. ????
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Huh. Your sentences seem to be at odds with other since I see the letter combination of site as being prononced the same as cite, but I checked the New Oxford American Dictionary, 3rd Edition (aka: Mac dictionary). We definitely do prononce it differently.
American English:
British English:
I'm not sure what you're saying. All the words you listed are pronounced the same way in English.
I guess that means a different pronunciation, but I don't read phonetics. What I do know is that all six words are pronounced the same way in English. Perhaps it's different in American.
As noted by the OAD3, the only difference is in British English with the word cite not being prononced like the other two, whereas in American English they are all the same… which I think was [@]Tallest Skil[/@]'s point.