English is weird
English is weird
I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word "you've". Normally, I'd say "you've got a problem", which expands to "you have got a problem", which isn't wrong, but I normally wouldn't say. Not contracting, I'd say "you have a problem", so then should I just say "you've a problem"? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?
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Yes, English is weird.
'Bough' and 'cough' are not pronounced the same. 'Bough' and 'bow' are pronounced the same. 'Knee' and 'Leigh' are pronounced the same. 'Neigh' and 'nay' are pronounced the same. 'Polish' (the nationality) and 'polish' (as in what you do to a metal object) are not pronounced the same. 'Tear' (as in to rip) and 'tear' (as in to cry) are spelled the same, but not pronounced the same. Other words which are spelled the same, but pronounced differently:
resume / resume present / present record / record close / close use / use live / live
‘Bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same
Except, of course, when "bow" is pronounced "bow" instead.
I shot the boughs with my bow and then gave a bow to my beau!
The last one should be spelled beau if you mean your special guy.
'Knee' and 'Leigh' are pronounced the same.
Well they rhyme, but I wouldn't go as far as to say they're pronounced the same
Leigh can be pronounced like 'Lee' or 'Lay'
No I know that, but knee isn't pronounced like Lee :P
What does leigh pronounced lay mean...?
Leigh put the Polish bough over his knee but couldn’t polish it. “What’s the use!” he coughed.
I've got all but the
use/useone. What's the other usecase if one is "to consume"?It has utility = it has use
To consume = to use
The noun 'use', as in 'this has a specific use'
Thanks @frosty99c@midwest.social and @MurrayL@lemmy.world!
What’s the use of giving you the answer when you can look it up on the internet?
To have a brief conversation. I can look everything up myself, but it's nice not being a basement dweller every now and then.
It was just my crass humor. I used the noun version of the word “use” because you said you couldn’t figure out how to use it.