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Re: Curious how do you get "Why berate a friend" from "Y b r8 a friend?"

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In Reply to: Curious how do you get "Why berate a friend" from "Y b r8 a friend?" posted by Teresa on February 7, 2007 at 19:54:13:

Y= why, at least in my West Coast American accent
B= be, or bee as you had.
Eight= ate
R + ate = rate
Y(why) B(be)+ R + 8(ate) = berate
English really is a crazy language. I used to live in Asia and their frustrations with English are easy to understand for me now.

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This is just way too complicated. And in the USA "Why" and "Y" sound nothing alike, though they do rhyme. - Teresa 12:55:17 02/08/07 (3)
"Yellow" and "Hello" sounds more alike than "Why" and "Y". Plus "Yellow" and "Hello" even rhyme better!
Wouldn't it me much easier to actually speak and type in English rather than changing to a code language that only you and a few others can understand?
This looks more like math than English does and I was never a fan of math!

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Teresa
- I'm not sure how you pronounce "Why"... - Pacman 14:53:56 02/08/07 (2)
  but for most of us, they sound EXACTLY alike.
  - Why begans with a "hw" sound, the letter Y has no "h" or "w" sound in it - Teresa 21:07:14 02/08/07 (1)
    Go to the bathroom mirror and pronounce both "Why" and "Y" and you will see the even look totally different. "Y" cannot be used for "Why"!
    Why (hwī). Are you pronouncing "Why" correctly? If it sounds like "Y" you are not!
    Start to form an "h" with your mouth and pronounce "wi" and you have to word why.
    
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    Teresa
    - According the dictionary both... - Pacman 09:40:02 02/09/07 (0)
      hwi and wi (both with a hard "i") are acceptable pronounciations. But thanks for the English lesson. I didn't know about the hwi version.

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