[Fuego]

Originally Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai

...or how about the words one and won. They're spelled completely differently but pronounced the same.

No, they are pronounced differently in England; wun and won. Strangely, "Ton" is pronounced "Tun" unless it's "Wonton" as per the English prononciation of the Chinese food.

I think I'll just lapse back to Spanish where words are more readily pronounced as they are spelt

[Fuego]

Originally Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai

...or how about the words one and won. They're spelled completely differently but pronounced the same.

No, they are pronounced differently in England; wun and won. Strangely, "Ton" is pronounced "Tun" unless it's "Wonton" as per the English prononciation of the Chinese food.

I think I'll just lapse back to Spanish where words are more readily pronounced as they are spelt

[Fuego]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

While we're being picky on letters, have you ever wondered when "practice" and "practise" should and shouldn't be used?

In British English, practice is actually considered to be a noun, while practise is a verb. In American English, practice is both the noun and the verb.

Same as "Licence" and "License", I believe.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Fuego

Strangely, "Ton" is pronounced "Tun" unless it's "Wonton" as per the English prononciation of the Chinese food.

Funnily enough, the Chinese pronounciation is "Tun" with some Chinese tones blended in.

[SteveHoward999]

Originally Posted by Fuego

No, they are pronounced differently in England; wun and won. Strangely, "Ton" is pronounced "Tun" unless it's "Wonton" as per the English prononciation of the Chinese food.

Depends where you are in England. There are so many dialectic differences that there is no definitive pronounciation, but certainly many people (most?) do pronounce won and one exactly the same, even though the speaker 'thinks' them differently. I doubt any non-native English speakers would spot the difference.

How about their, there, they're :-)

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by BugDude10

But since someone else has already mentioned it, let me just add that "Handango have" is wrong, wrong, WRONG! AND STOP IT!!)

Sorry, that's the way we speak mate.

Vive la differance eh! :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by wbuch

How about a deal. If we Americans agree to use the British spelling for words, can we all agree to standardise on company names as being singular?

No deal I'm afraid old bean. :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by SteveHoward999

I am disappointed. I expected greater indignance over my comments. Maybe Monday will change things ;-)

Nah. PPCers are a laid back, cerebral and thoughtful lot. 8) :P

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by Canadrian

I've explained this so many times to British people, I can't keep count. But the explanations usually took place on late nights at the pub, and if you've actually ready this far, you can imagine how my explanation would sound even more boring if you were drunk, and only really interested in making fun of the silly Canadian bugger.

One must get ones pleasures where one finds them Canadrian. :wink: Good to have you aboard our little global ark. :grouphug: