Examples Of The English Language Being Difficult

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mattstaff
Aug 13, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Nobody ever said that navigating the ins and outs of various languages was an easy task. In fact, it's easy to forget just how susceptible we all are toward committing hilarious acts of failure when we go about trying to spell words correctly. There's so much, so much dang room for error. It's maddening. 

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    Human body - nikk. @nikkideejay Why is naked pronounced naked but baked is not pronounced baked
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    Font - Shower Thoughts @showerfeelings Every "C" in Pacific Ocean is said differently.
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    Font - rocket @tweetsbyrocket shawn: [yawns] I'm tired shaun: [yauns] me too sean: [yeans] and me
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    Rectangle - questlon Rules to learning English 1. their our know rules hemingay this makes me feel so uncomfortable questlon.tumblr.com
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    Font - CHLO @chlothegod Y'all pronounce it data or data? RJ @itsrjhill I'm mad that I read these words in two different ways...but you're trippin if you think it's data and not data Twitter: @chlothegod
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    Font - livemulticulturally: have you ever just stopped whatever you were doing to look at an english word and "you look like a fake word" sneaked queue gargantuan unlike kowtow kerfuffle Sponge thorough colonel livemulticulturually.tumblr.com
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    Human body - languageguru How to English: Queue Word: Queue Pronunciation: kyoo Write down 5 letters. Only pronounce the first letter. languageguru.tumblr.com
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    Rectangle - farmsuggestion y'all'd've'f'ld've beyoursledgehammer #you all would have if i would have???? Correct! It's almost a complete sentence of contractions. eliciaforever The South is out of control.
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    Sleeve - ironically-on-fire: dajo42: laid is pronounced like paid but not said and said is pronounced like bread but not bead and bead is pronounced like lead but not lead dajo42.co.vu
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    Font - quazza i am reminded that english is a flawed language every time I am forced to use "that that" in a sentence lanas-aphrontistery All the good faith that I had had had had no effect on the outcome of that sentence quazza.tumblr.com
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    Font - aboutagrohl: moist-grunge: TEAR AND TIER ARE PRONOUNCED THE SAME BUT TEAR AND TEAR ARE PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY im glad english is my first language because if i had to learn it as a second language id jump off a bridge moist-grunge.tumblr.com
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    Font - egberts minute and minute shouldn't be spelled the same spooktre im not content with this content egberts i object to that object nymph-in-the-yellow-dress I need to read what I read again kanmae-west Excuse me but there's no excuse for this wikeni Someone should wind this post up and throw it in the wind egberts.tumblr.com
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    Font - It sucks when i read read as read and not read, so I have to re-read read as read so I can read read correctly and it can make sense
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