afraid - sorry, unfortunately

Irregularity in English Spelling

 Irregularity in English Spelling

Below are some examples of variable spelling for certain sounds of the English language. If you would like to hear any of these examples pronounced, click on the word.

The ee-sound is a good example and can seen represented in a variety of ways, as seen in these words:

Aeschylus, believe, see, Chelsea, latrine, we, people, quay, sea, phoneme, amoeba

Similarly, the sh-sound is written down in a range of different ways:

chapparal, ruching, bush, pressure, scansion, emission, patience, eruption, nauseous, oceanic, shoe, sure

Words that have the same sounds but are spelled differently, homophones can also confuse the listener:

grown, groan one, won eight, ate

knead, need scene, seen

aisle, I'll

aye, eye here, hear red, read

mettle, metal tea, tee tax, tacks

Words that contain silent letters present a particular challenge:

no B comb, dumb, debt

no D Wednesday

no G sign, foreign

no GH daughter, light, right

no H why, honest, hour

no K know, knight, knob, knee

no L should, walk, half

no P cupboard, psychology

no T whistle, listen, fasten

no U guess, guitar

no W who, write, wrong

Words borrowed from other languages are in our everyday conversation. 

The English language has always been a melting pot and while often retaining the original spelling, the words do not always preserve their original pronunciation. 

For example:

Malay - orang hutang, which means ‘man of the forest’, has been borrowed almost intact in our own ‘orangutan’.

French - ballet, dozen, centre, aboard, dignity, aplomb, bucket, bureau

German - angst, kindergarten, sauerkraut, iceberg, blitz, waltz, yodel, noodle, ersatz, frankfurter, hamburger, pretzel

Yiddish - shtick, bagel, kosher, nebbish, schmooze, tchotchke, maven

Italian - bravo, forte, vendetta, falsetto, ghetto, braggadocio.

hearing - audiência

(béry) bury the hatched - whose gonna hatch 2024

 (Béri) bury the hatched - whose gonna hatch

hatch your pet lets customize I knowyou have a blast

I have vengeance to exact

I will buy her a wig

 wig peruca

foster homes and ophanages

 foster home noun : a household in which an orphaned, neglected, or delinquent child is placed for care Legal Definition foster home noun : a household in which care is provided to a child who has been orphaned or removed from the home of his or her natural parents (as for reasons of abuse, neglect, or delinquency)

foster = adotivo

Foster (fonseca Forrest)

to hop off

 I gotta hop off

getting so stuffed - to ficando satisfeito

wealth -common wealth - riqueza herança

 Generational wealth, sometimes known as “family wealth” or “legacy wealth,” refers to any type of family asset that one generation passes down to the next.

silent coups - cuzzz

let's getting to know each other

How are adjusting your life in Diadema so far?

 So far = So far away

Far far away

So far, so good

ENGLISH TENSES

 ENGLISH TENSES

cartwheel - fazer estrela

guys and gals

I was promised

 This is not the meal I was promised