Why is bass..........

[Dragonlord]

homograph is two words spelled the same but differnt meaning - fret (to worry) fret (as in bass)

homophone is two word pronounced the same, spelle ddifferent - they're their there

yep, both homograph and homophone are greek words so I can assure you that's the right meaning. Bass and base are homophones. Although I thought that bass is spoken "beis" and base "beiz" if that makes any sense..

 

[Lo end PUNCH]

Steak-stake(this one has two different meanings but spelled the same)
hair-hare
fore-for
meet-meat
tire on car-tire very easily???
fire is hot-fire at will
race-race
...and so on and so no...
Imagine having to learn english from scratch...er...scratch my back....uhm...I'm fine..or is it..I owe a fine...or

 

[Bard2dbone]

Can't remember who but some English writer, complaining about the randomness of English pronunciation, said that "fish" could have been spelt "ghoti":

f = "gh" as in "cough"
i = "o" as in "women"
sh = "ti" as in "nation"

Or "gheauteighteaux" for potato

'gh' as in 'hiccough'
'eau' as in 'beau'
't' as in, well 't'
'eight' you can probably guess
and 'eau' again

 

[EricF]

In helping my little girl learn how to read and write, I spent a lot of time telling her..."I know it doesn't make sense. That's just how it is." English phonics is an oxymoron.

 

[whitedk57]

why deed vs lead vs reid?

The english language is so screwy, I can't even begin to get into it. Well, I would since I love english, but I can't now since I must sleep.

I see red.
It hurts my head.
I guess it must have been something that I read.