No wonder people have problems with English...

[sundaymorningstaple]

The horde heard the hoarded herd had been whored.

[QRM]

The horde heard the hoarded herd had been whored by a herd who heard the herd had been hoarded.

I need to get out a bit more

[sundaymorningstaple]

Touché!

[ancientmoon]

............ it is tough.......

[Strong Eagle]

And then there are the straightforward rules of pronunciation in English.

Cough - KOFF
Tough - TUFF
Through - THROO
Bough - BOW
Thought - THOT
Dough - DOE
Slough - SLUFF

[socornyweaver]

if MUSSELS are pronounced as MUSSELS,
& UNCLE is pronounced as UN-kel,

then why is MUSCLE not pronounced as MUS-kel?

[sierra2469alpha]

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[Saint]

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son.
I'm only plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes

[Saint]

I am a mother pheasant plucker.
I pluck mother pheasants.
I am the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker
who ever plucked a mother pheasant.

[sundaymorningstaple]

if MUSSELS are pronounced as MUSSELS,
& UNCLE is pronounced as UN-kel,

then why is MUSCLE not pronounced as MUS-kel?

The same reason that METRE is not pronounced ME-tree and CENTRE is not pronounced CEN-tree.

[sierra2469alpha]

I feel a challenge a-happenin' !

[Saint]

Why is monosyllabic not a monosyllabic?

[QRM]

The deserting soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert and got his just deserts.

[sundaymorningstaple]

I feel a challenge a-happenin' !

And here goes the opening salvo........

The deserting soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert and got his just deserts.