Because english is just semi random noises
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Most languages are, but english goes out of its way in being phonetically retarded
My favorite example is the word "yacht"
Truer words were never spoken.
Ghoti
Gh (f) as in enough,
O (í) as in women,
TI (sh) as in motion
Pronounced: Fish
Wait there are people who pronounce women with an i?
Yes? English is only my second language, but the way I hear it:
Woman: Whoman
Women: Wimin or Wimen
The latter is much shorter.
Huh, for me it's more like wuhmen vs wohman.
The i-pronunciation is commonplace enough that some feminists who want to avoid the word “men” spell “women” as “wimmin”, i.e. the phonetic spelling.
Interesting. I associate the "wimmin" spelling with Terry Pratchett's writing, where it's used in the speech of lower/middle-class men, implying casual/uninformed objectification.
It was originally wifman and over time mutated to women, the I sound is vestigial of the old spelling.
for the love of God please someone google what a schwa is before replying
My dad always pronounced it "getbackinthekitchen"
More like woe-men am I right fellas
Do the sandwich joke next pls it's a banger
