both come from the same root
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What about the words that are only different in tone.
Content and content
It is read like lead, not read like lead.
Or lede for that matter
There's ~~too~~ ~~to~~ two different ways to pronounce and spell many words.
Fuck, that's three!
Trust me, it is equally frustrating for most Americans...or almost, anyway.
If we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation.
Chip-ot-el
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Okay TIL that these aren't pronounced the same.
It's been years since I've seen people misspelling lose as loose, but I do remember when it was pretty common to see.
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Obviously the plural of foot is feet, so the plural of book should be beek.
Or one sheep should be a shoop.
There's also the English Vowel Shift. Which means words either side of it are inconsistent.