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Post by Norelia on Sept 17, 2005 6:08:57 GMT -5
ok so ya I'm bored and we seriously need some knew....stuff. and this is really dumb but hey! why not try it anyway! k so words that you think are weird. just what it says in the subject title thing. k one for me is stuff like bored and board and tea and tee and stupid things like that that totally mess you up because they sound EXACTLY the same!! why in the world would someone make a language that has words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings??? like watch and watch! hellooooooo??? how are we supposed to know which watch is which?? and I've probably spelled everything wrong but hey. who cares. I'm having fun. so....where was I??? oh and did you know if you say a word a rediculously number of times, then you start thinking its the wrong word and it starts sounding not so right anymore and you just get totally confused....that's happened to me a lot.....I'm weird though so maybe that's just me  lol ok well if anybody is as bored as me and has some idle time to waste, be sure to come and join me in my......wonderfully confusing word talk. |
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Post by Amry on Sept 17, 2005 10:16:38 GMT -5
Yeah! Like once I said "chip" over and over and over and over and then it didn't sound like "chip" anymore.
I was thinking of words like "watch" and "watch" because in a story I'm writing, a character who's trying to learn to read yells almost exactly the same thing... kinda weird, huh?
WHY does the letter C exist? We already have S and K! And why X? There's already KS and Z! It's so annoying! No wonder illiteracy is so high! And then you get into vowels, all of which can be pronounced like three different ways... like E: "ee" and "eh" and even "ay"! And then you start sticking letters together. Why does DG make the same sound as J? Why not just spell "BRIDGE" as "BRIJ"? It would be so much simpler!
*pant pant* Rant over. Thank you.
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Post by Norelia on Sept 17, 2005 13:46:47 GMT -5
Exactly! I always think the whole spelling thing is such a nusance! ...well....considering I hate english and love math...I guess that kida makes a difference....but anyway. all these words in science you have to learn and especially being a homeschooler you kinda just say it in your head and that's the way you say it, and then you say it to someone and they're like....uh no it actually is said like- blahblah blah, and your like, well then why is it spelled like THAT huh?  ? oh oh! and like these towns in Scotland here. the one town is spelled Milngavie and it's pronounced Mil-guy....now how does THAT make sense??? |
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Post by Alegna on Sept 20, 2005 1:06:03 GMT -5
hahaha... you guys are entertaining. i think its wierd how when you spell a word with 'aux' you dont pronounce the x... and with phenomenon, you say fenomenon... and phlegm.. why not just say flem? but i guess it makes it slightly interesting... or not
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Post by Norelia on Sept 20, 2005 10:33:24 GMT -5
wow.......I don't even know if I've ever SEEn that word before!! phlegm....hehe if you said it like its spelt it sounds really cool! hahaha
oh and I love the word phenomenon cause it always reminds me of the one Sesame Street I watched when Sandra Bullock was on it and she sings a song with that word and it was really really funny....as far as I can remember at least....cause it was like when I was 7 or something....lol
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Post by Alegna on Sept 21, 2005 8:05:11 GMT -5
how could you not heard of the word phlegm? you know when youre sick..... you have phlegm? ring a lil bell? ;D
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Post by Norelia on Sept 21, 2005 9:14:00 GMT -5
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I didn't realize that's how it's spelt though! I thought it was spelled like flem or something like that....it makes more sense really..
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Post by Alegna on Sept 21, 2005 10:30:31 GMT -5
hahah.. i know right??
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Post by Norelia on Sept 22, 2005 4:11:33 GMT -5
hahaha ya I'm such a dufus  lol it's brilliant |
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Post by donkey on Sept 22, 2005 19:37:16 GMT -5
pee is a weird word... i pee here
donkey marks his territory here too
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Post by Zinroth on Oct 1, 2005 12:07:19 GMT -5
Wow.. I dunno why. But that's just a weird word to me..  ;;; Say it repeatedly and it doesn't even look like a real word.. o.o |
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Post by Amry on Oct 1, 2005 20:58:50 GMT -5
Gaelic is really annoying. The proper spelling is "Gaidhlig" and it's pronounced the same way as Gaelic. Which, by the way, would be much less confusing if it were spelled Gaylik.
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Post by Norelia on Oct 2, 2005 10:31:25 GMT -5
haha never knew that before cool...and ya I think Gaylic would be so much more convenient! lol |
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Post by Alegna on Oct 3, 2005 2:26:15 GMT -5
if only life were convenient...
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Post by Kronomas on Oct 7, 2005 19:27:50 GMT -5
i think silent letters in words r weird. like in um...well u know words that have silent letters. its odd. why put it in there if ur not gonna pronounce it?
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