Here's an interesting one:
The majority is or are? That depends...
Posts from Splinter in thread „English as a linguistic melting pot“
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An American friend of mine insisted on calling Leicester, Lay Cester and he was probably right.
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And why is Arkansas pronounced Arkinsaw?
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"In and of itself."
I see this a lot, but fear it's a little pompous.
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How about those who are learning English as a second language?
Words like this for example?
Paws, pause, pores
Poor, paw
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It’s all because of you warring Brits!
This short discussion of “loan words” incorporated into the English language helps in the understanding of our many irregular pronunciations. Fortunately there had never been an English equivalent of the Alliance Française, which has fiercely fought foreign words’ being imported into the French language.
Vive la difference!
