Today, I’m over at A Small Gang of Authors continuing my series on words and their meanings. Check it out.
“English is a hard language to understand, and even harder to learn.
Please put down your pitchforks. I love this language.
This is not a political statement, it’s just a reality. Don’t worry, there are other hard to learn languages out there…” Read more at A Small Gang of Authors.
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3 replies on “Reblog: What’s It All Mean? A study of words part 4”
Nice piece. I once heard that 20% of English words are not pronounced the way they’re spelled. I don’t know if it’s actually true but it’s easy enough to imagine.
Yes. True or not, it sounds true, which I wonder, how would you phonically spell true (troo, tru, trew)?
In the international phonetic alphabet (IPA), it would be tru.