Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?message-squaremessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the (subjectively) weirdest word in the English language?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square215fedilink
minus-squarerainynight65@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agosew Pronounced exactly the same as sow, if you mean the right sow and not the other sow, which is spelled the same but pronounced differently.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoin my accent (southern uk) they’re different /səʊ/ vs /saʊ/
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoRight, those are the two pronunciations of sow.
sew
Pronounced exactly the same as sow, if you mean the right sow and not the other sow, which is spelled the same but pronounced differently.
in my accent (southern uk) they’re different
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Right, those are the two pronunciations of sow.