Scoan v. sconne
On 2016-11-02 7:26 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 11/2/2016 6:27 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-11-02 6:18 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 11/2/2016 5:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2016-11-02 4:07 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>>>> If they wanted it to be pronounced scon by everyone, they should have
>>>>> left off the e.
>>>>>
>>>> Like "gone"... note the "e".
>>>
>>> Two wrongs don't make a right.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It is the English language. It is a patchwork of the languages of the
>> various factions who ruled it over the years.... Celts, Romans, Norse,
>> French, Germans....
>> You ought to work through it though it can be rough.
>
> I absolutely get how English came to be so tricky, I was merely
> pointing out that it's hard to fault people for pronouncing a
> word the way it's spelled. I certainly wasn't arguing that
> gone shouldn't rhyme with phone. It breaks the rule, too. But
> that's how it is, and I don't see any surveys How do you
> pronounce gone?
Gawn<?>
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