06-09-2018, 03:50 PM
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Re: Sounds the Same
Originally Posted by Morticia
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If we're going to be sticklers for spelling I humbly offer ...
Weal
Wheel
We'll.
They all sound the same.
You would pronounce Ecclefechan as Ekklefeckin.
Brae
Bray
06-09-2018, 03:59 PM
536
Re: Sounds the Same
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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To you, they may. I understand that.You would pronounce Ecclefechan as Ekklefeckin.
Brae
Bray
Doubtless you'd pronounce Warwick as War-wick and not Warrick.
You're very pedantic.
The idea behind the word game is simply what words sound the same.
Real
Reel
06-09-2018, 05:45 PM
537
Re: Sounds the Same
Originally Posted by Morticia
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Why? I don't call a chimmney a kimmney. I'd wait and see how it was pronounced ... and how it sounded.Doubtless you'd pronounce Warwick as War-wick and not Warrick.
You're very pedantic.
The idea behind the word game is simply what words sound the same.
Real
Reel
06-09-2018, 06:03 PM
538
Re: Sounds the Same
Originally Posted by Morticia
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Why? I don't call a chimmney a kimmney. I'd wait and see how it was pronounced ... and how it sounded.Doubtless you'd pronounce Warwick as War-wick and not Warrick.
You're very pedantic.
The idea behind the word game is simply what words sound the same.
Real
Reel
Yes, I do understand that it is about phonetics and not spelling. We live in different parts of the country and pronounce things differently. That's simply fact, not pedantry.
Nose
Knows
That was a good one.06-09-2018, 07:36 PM
540
Re: Sounds the Same
Originally Posted by Tezza
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Welcome to a ruined game morticia 👋
Sooner or later we're bound to run out of new words and need all the help we can get.
Scull
Skull
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