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minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 years agoI’d blame the guy who thought pronouncing “vague” as /veɪɡ/ (or better who decided to write /veɪɡ/ as vague.).
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agowe didn’t have the vegwayest idea how that would work out in the future
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s pronounced pretty much the same in French, except with a soft ‘a’ and French uses a lot of silent letters, so that’s probably why.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years ago /veɪɡ/ As somebody that doesn’t speak English natively… WTF?! I would never imagine this pronunciation. If you are going to corrupt the way it’s spoken, why not go and change the writing too?
minus-squareOggyb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThe answer to that question involves talking about the French and what happened in 1066! Tbf though, Webster tried simplifying some words for American English. He just didn’t manage to get them all.
I’d blame the guy who thought pronouncing “vague” as /veɪɡ/ (or better who decided to write /veɪɡ/ as vague.).
we didn’t have the vegwayest idea how that would work out in the future
It’s pronounced pretty much the same in French, except with a soft ‘a’ and French uses a lot of silent letters, so that’s probably why.
As somebody that doesn’t speak English natively… WTF?! I would never imagine this pronunciation. If you are going to corrupt the way it’s spoken, why not go and change the writing too?
The answer to that question involves talking about the French and what happened in 1066!
Tbf though, Webster tried simplifying some words for American English. He just didn’t manage to get them all.