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Crul@lemm.ee to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish ·
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"Pronounce" by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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"Pronounce" by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

www.smbc-comics.com

Crul@lemm.ee to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish ·
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Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce

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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you’re good.

Bonus panel:

RSS Feed: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss

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    My mind was blown when my favorite 90s band “Live” was actually the live from “Alive” and not live from " Living".

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      I guess they didn’t learn from Lead Led Zeppelin

    • lugal@sopuli.xyz
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      Stupid question but what’s the difference?

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        One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.

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          And backwards the both say “evil”

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        Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

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          And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I’m not a native speaker if not obvious)

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