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Spelling vs pronuncication

Outdoorsfellar

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What word comes to mind that the spelling doesn't match the pronunciation , that you can't wrap your head around why....for me, it's...genre. I always tried pronouncing it with a G, & I knew it wasnt right, but never investigated until a few months ago. ...Stupid French.
 
Thermometer why TF don't we say Thermo-meter. It's obviously supposed to mean thermo & meter, it's function and intended use is right in the damn name. Yet we butcher it and call it a thur-mom-eter. We get it right with Thermostat Thermo-stat (the status of the temperature). And thermocouple Thermo-couple, two materials coupled together that measure temperature. Thermodynamics, Thermo-dynamics (the study of heat and energy) Thermocline Thermo-cline the point of dilenation of two tempratures.. Then we have stupid ass thermometer over there like Thur-mom-eter 🤬



Down here in the land of French, Spanish, English, Gullah, African heritage mix don't get me started.

Gautier (Go-shay) A town up the road
Pointe Aux Chenes (Point uh Shane) Street name
Kill (Kiln) a town up the road
Saucier (so-sure) ---------------- This one is all F'd up. because it's obviously french yet the town over the centuries is now called So-sure
Bellfountain, Oh and calling it Bell-fountain. When in reality it's supposed to be "Bela-fon-taine" Which is how it's pronounced down here.
 
Driving to and from Ft. Campbell, KY, via the back gate just west of the airfield, we would go through a town called LaFayette that was locally pronounced
la-FAY-it with a hillbilly draw.