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"Arkansas" and "Kansas" are both from the Osage language, but the former passed through French on its way to English.
In this thread, a lot of folks who would use their one wish to make the language better.
But I would change "their" to be spelled "the're" and pronounced "all'y'all's".
I hope I do grow up to be more like the rest of you, and make better choices, in the future.
Thou shalt spell the word "Pheonix" P-H-E-O-N-I-X, not P-H-O-E-N-I-X, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you.
feenicks
Might start an argument but:
GIF -> GHIF
Itβs actually pronounced βJIFβ
It stands for the Jraphics Interchange Format
Giraffics? π¦
Comfterble
Kumfirtubble
Since Queue has already been posted: Quay. Now spelled Kee.
You and I pronounce 'quay' very differently.
How do you pronounce it? I had some American tourists ask me for directions to the "kway" before. Only time I've ever heard a different pronunciation.
I've always heard it pronounced kway... Is that wrong?
That's wrong, even in the US.
It's pronounced kway in a Pavement song.
It's pronounced "kaye" in a Pogues song, but songs aren't a good indication of pronunciation...poetic license reigns.
Hell, "reigns" is another candidate word.
I can't say really. Where I live (Ireland) it's definitely pronounced "kee" but where you live "kway" might be correct. Fascinating stuff!
Ressepee
I like this one because I instantly knew what word it was despite it having a brand new spelling. Almost like letters should have meanings.
I just wish we spelled things in a more German-'esk' fashion. They use K more appropriately. Examples such as "panik" and "akkordeon" for accordion. I find their spelling to be more straightforward and sensical.