Words

I have been thinking about words lately. Some words are just fun to look at and to say. Galoshes is a case in point. It's just fun to say. Ga-Losh-Es. Gazebo is another one. Ga-ZE-bo. But a lot of words are a bit confusing. Lets take the word plough as an example. Plough, pronounced, plow. Ok now dough. Pronounced dow? No, pronounced doe. Tough, (toe)?. Again, no tuff. Cough, (cuff). Nope Koff. How about Thought. It too has ought in it so is it Thcufft or Thkofft. Quite a mouth full. It is a very strange language.

But it has it's good points. For instance, "O turant Muse, what shall be thy amends for thy deglect of truth in beauty dyed?" It is the language of Shakespeare. Whether you like him or not you can't denie his influance.

So, with all of it's silly rules and strange pronunciations it is a very good language to communicate just what you want to communicate.

Nuff' Said.
August 16, 2009