bentalphanerd said:
So why bother to put a Y on the end of 'breezy' according to your thory breez would sound the same?
Now ain't that a dooz !
alot of times the letter " Z " in words are spoken with a soft " Za or Zea " sound to it (or whatever its hard to explain, I'm no english teacher), as in the word " breezy " the letter " Y " produces the " eee " sound not the Z
& you should know alot of words have letters in them that are not pronounced or sound different when used in a certain word.
rainbowberry said:
It's Zed so it rhymes with led, all the others in the your first list are right apart from Zee. The second list is all wrong apart from the Zed. Hey do I get the final say here as I'm English?
sure if its for the british english but not american english, I dont understand the rest of the letters are said with the " ee " sound but for some strange reason the letter " Z " is not & instead you place a D sound to it
stillmanz said:
....and mum is spelt mum not mom. Mom is how a stupid kid would spell it lol.....you Americans with your American language...were are the Canadians, aye... they speak pretty good.....and don't get me started on those crock restling HOSTRAALIAN....lol
you are correct " mum " is spelt " mum " BUT we americans dont call our mothers " mum " like a " mummy " we call them " mom " so its not spelt " mum " they mean the same but are 2 different words!
yes " mum " was around alot ealier than the word " mom " if you say mum is the right way then why do you aussies say " veranda " instead of " porch " like us americans ? the word porch was around like 300+ years earlier than the word veranda (if I'm reading it right) & " veranda monkeys " dont sound right
*******edit******* I hope some of you know theres 2 meanings to this phrase, so dont get all up in your high horse & assume I meant that 1 meaning**********
just like you say windscreen instead of windshield for the glass on a vehicle, in my opinion a screen is just that a " screen " like a bug screen or a screen you sift dirt/grains through. a " shield " protects against stuff hence why we americans call them " windshields " because they stop the wind from reaching us, a screen is meant to allow somethings through.
you got to remember USA severed ties (in a culture sense & language) from the british hundreds of years ago, unlike you aussies & canuks still have british culture embedded in your culture & language, we do not! we have our own culture which is getting mixed in with other cultures that are coming here. even in USA our language is very different depending on the location you are at - north vs south vs NE vs SE vs central its all different how we speak.
you should tryout the " hooked on phonics " we sell in USA, right now I'd type some stuff our younger generation speaks, you'd be like WTF did you just say
but I cant type it because I dont speak like that or know how to type those words.
its the english language logic!!! its right there in writing black & white so its not "my logic" 
