Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
So thankful I could parse that without thinking on it. Can you imagine learning that shit from scratch?!
English is a pretty simple language to learn, but the pronunciation isn’t part of that simplicity. It’s especially tough to unlearn wrong pronunciations you’ve cultivated for years. In my case (for instance), sword (which I pronounced like “word”) and realm (re-alm).
sword (which I pronounced like “word”)
It’s the honesty of these worlds
Ruled by magic and mighty swords1:31 & 2:47
I think it says “honesty of these words”
It sounds that way, especially since the next line is pronounced “mighty swerds.” 😂 And that’s what I thought it was for years. But in the context of the rest of the lyrics “worlds” makes sense.
In any case, Nightwish is no stranger to misheard/pronounced lyrics.
This cat is like on catnip
Zonked
Read and lead don’t even rhyme… Same is true for read and lead.
thats actually how i read it the first time
What about wind and wind?
first wind, then wind
This what fascinates me learning about languages. They have their own characters and quirks. Languages are the embodiment of the people’s culture and history. That said, the English language shows how messed up its history is.
That said, the English language shows how messed up its history is.
The irony is that Britain is, to the best of my knowledge, the only country other than Sweden whose mainland hasn’t been occupied by a foreign invader in over 950 years.
The irony is that Britain is, to the best of my knowledge, the only country other than Sweden whose mainland hasn’t been occupied by a foreign invader in over 950 years.
i mean other than the british
English is a terrible language and I really need to get gooder at it.
*better
*gooderer
If anyone wants to know, such words are called “heteronyms”.
Had to look up other examples. Turns out there’s a few of those. For example: tear, wind, row, sow, bound.
Ok, class is over.
Wait how else would you pronounce ‘bound’?
Bound vs bound
You don’t. But it still has double meaning.
Good catch. It might not perfectly fit this list.
Maybe it was a typo and they meant to write ‘wound’?
Anyone else pronounce it as reed and leed first?
Yes.
I read it as red and led first. I wonder where this will lead us?
Sean Bean has a lot to answer for!
I was like “reed” and “led”, went back to “red” and “led”, continued to “red” and “lead” and was like OMG I’m such a basic white bitch LOL and took a sip of my pumpkin spice luh-theh.
My stream of consciousness: “What? Reed isn’t pronounced like led. Oh there’s more here… Ohhh, red is pronounced like leed. Er, reed is pronounced like… uhhh… anyway, I get it.”
Which witch switch glitched?
“Hi guy, try some Thai high pie”
“They’re all different spellings!” - Frank Woodley
