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| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by koladata(m): 3:41pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Teanubu |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by victorazyvictor(m): 3:42pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
99thEnemy:Knife Choir |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by FreeIgboho: 3:42pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
If you're Yoruba, any word that starts with H. ![]() Help - epp Happy - appy Him - im His - is Hold - old Hand - and Add yours |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Vanpascore(m): 3:43pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Greenback:Now and know relate it with knowledge. Pronounce them all. Paradigm and unionism, relate the last three letters. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Urgent1Million: 3:43pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Why is "peace" not spelt "pis"? The most annoying is queue. Such a waste of ueue just to say only "q" And you who is reading this, I mean "u". I have come to believe that the English language was a test of our sensibility. They just decided that "look, let us give them rubbish. If they accept it, then they'll accept anything". And not only did we accept it, we have set it as a criteria to be considered "educated". And now they keep dishing out all manner of rubbish to us and we just ride with it! |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Urgent1Million: 3:46pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
FreeIgboho:You add "h" to those with. 5th havenue. I'll come hafter you. Get me a bottle of halomo bitters. And heverything will be fine! |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Peacecore: 3:56pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Stephen---V sound instead of f Foul-- useless L Knot- useless K Blood--blad Hour--why d h? Receipt--you incerted p n refuse to acknowledge it |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by rezzy: 4:02pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Knife - niaf Colonel - conel George jorge |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Hehehehehe: 4:08pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
helinues - hellsanus |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by FreeIgboho: 4:12pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Urgent1Million:So correct! I totally forgot!😂 |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by zedman1(m): 4:13pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Asawoboy:Lol, and WAN is even sweeter considering the way we pronounce it over here. Why is Aizik spelt Isaac? |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Gbadebo19(m): 4:13pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
There is no way I am ever going to agree with Bourgeois pronounced as Borjuasee and Soigne pronounced as Suanjay. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Aragon001: 4:23pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Godfullsam:Same with that man utd star striker ; huljlund but over here most pronounce it as hoodlum or hugelump |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Riskymarvelous(m): 4:25pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Nah statistics we go chop |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by zedman1(m): 4:26pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Edinburgh, this one no follow too. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by RoyalKenny: 4:27pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Asawoboy:Till date I still wish I get a first hand understanding how the spelling "QUEUE " came about.... 😔 😔 |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Ofemannnu: 4:34pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
English spelling and pronunciation differences stem from a history of language evolution and borrowing, with spelling sometimes lagging behind pronunciation changes. The English language has absorbed words from numerous other languages, and while pronunciation may have adapted to English, the original spelling was often retained. Additionally, English has a limited number of letters to represent a relatively large number of sounds, leading to inconsistencies in how letters are used to represent sounds. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by maasoap(m): 4:35pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Greenback:Mr Dollar, wetin I do o? |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by bigysf(m): 4:53pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Physio the rapist (physiotherapist) |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Agrimerc(m): 5:09pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
CHOIR Kuaya or Quaia |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Doitquick: 5:20pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Shehwun Shehwun akmath: |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by 99thEnemy(m): 5:37pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Asawoboy:Actually, "ONE" sounds like "WAN". |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Tito24: 5:44pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
99thEnemy:your head dey there oga Funny enough, many people don't know how to pronounce these words correctly so they can't understand 😂 |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by ganagagi: 5:58pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
As for me they are many eg lorry why not Lori, water why not wota, money why not moni but I just agree just for peace to reign but I have also observed that even the peace is not sincere why not pis but let bygone be bygone |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by slenderBeam1: 6:35pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Listen |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by 99thEnemy(m): 6:40pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Tito24:😂 They will even argue that you are wrong. The likes of Lieutenant - Leftenant Bomb - Bawm Comb - Kome Plumber - Plumer Sword - Sord Wednesday - Wenzday are the one's that are very commonly mispronounced in Nigeria. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by 1Alex: 6:54pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by GeneralOuki: 7:00pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
tunjijones:This one no just make sense at all |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Olat4421: 7:17pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Soldier (sojer) knowledge (nolej) |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by Sammy5413(m): 7:26pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Is Knife a joke to y'all? |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by akinriches: 7:43pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
W- Double U but I can see Double V. |
| Re: Word You Did Not Agree With The Spelling But Accepted by drimzsmoke(m): 8:01pm On Aug 20, 2025 |
Asawoboy:Evon Nelson Evon jegede🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚 |
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