Words that confuses me...
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Stationary/stationery
advice/advise
practice/practise
principle/principal
anymore that u guys wanna add on?
what's the diff between these words? -
center/centre
i think is UK n USA english make the diff.? -
hmm.. i think hor...Originally posted by augleo:center/centre
i think is UK n USA english make the diff.?
uk/us english dun really make a diff as long as u stick to one..
the ones i post up there.. are different words >.<
why is english so confusing?
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stationary - not moving.Originally posted by shinta:Stationary/stationery
advice/advise
practice/practise
principle/principal
anymore that u guys wanna add on?
what's the diff between these words?
stationery - pen pencil etc
practice/advice - noun
practise/advise - verb
principle - rules and regulation
principal - head of school
hope i am not wrong
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license/licence
Don't know which one to use for my driving licenSe! But one with an 'S' seems to look right
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stationary = not moving
stationery = writing tools, pen pencil, ruler, etc.
advice = words you give people, it's a noun
advise = talking to people, it's a verb (action word)
practice = training session(noun)
practise = to train (verb)
principle = value
principal = a person (school principal, principal-agent, etc.) -
Driving licence - with a 'C'Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:license/licence
Don't know which one to use for my driving licenSe! But one with an 'S' seems to look right
License means allow, eg. you are licensed to do something. -
what makes me cringe is the word "owe" misused.. and mangled...
i own you! = disrespecting someone (slang)
i owe you = i am indebted to you
also, shinta, words that confuse (no "s") me...
as for speaking the words, there are no Ts at the end of many words, and Ts in many other words...
paint is not pain
word is not wert
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how to read the word sew?? -=sow
don't know y everytime i see the spelling i just would read it as siew.... -
as in sewing clothes? I believe it's read as 'so'Originally posted by a_splash:how to read the word sew?? -=sow or su??
sow is read as 'sao'
I got a friend whose surname is Sew, pronounced as Siew. -
If i'm not wrong ... they are actually just variations of each other ..both spellings are the verb and noun of the same thing .... unlike in other words .... .Originally posted by ^spidee^:Driving licence - with a 'C'
License means allow, eg. you are licensed to do something.
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Oh i see.. So unlike words with 'S' that are usually verbs and words with 'C' that are usually nouns (e.g advise/advice), license and licence can be used interchangeably? Cool!Originally posted by Fatum:If i'm not wrong ... they are actually just variations of each other ..both spellings are the verb and noun of the same thing .... unlike in other words .... . 
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medicine leh
read as med-sen or med di sen? very luan i hear nurse or doc some say this others say the other.... -
oh darn, i got more confused....
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I think it's me di sen. Ask Rhonda, I'm sure she knows!Originally posted by a_splash:medicine leh
read as med-sen or med di sen? very luan i hear nurse or doc some say this others say the other.... -
should be "me-de-sen" ...... med-sen is singlish version ....Originally posted by a_splash:medicine leh
read as med-sen or med di sen? very luan i hear nurse or doc some say this others say the other.... -
What are you confused about?Originally posted by shinta:oh darn, i got more confused.... -
ok, pick up the loud header :Originally posted by ^spidee^:I think it's me di sen. Ask Rhonda, I'm sure she knows!
PAGING RHONDA, CAN U HELP ME??? -
This reminds me of this person in the office - he pronounces most, if not all words with the 't' sound at the end, e.g. 'word' becomes 'wertz', 'send' becomes 'sentz', ...tz ...tz ...tz... waa piang! He was from RI, man!Originally posted by the Bear:as for speaking the words, there are no Ts at the end of many words, and Ts in many other words...
paint is not pain
word is not wert
and the list goes on.... -
someone told me one is UK, one US ....Originally posted by Fatum:should be "me-de-sen" ...... med-sen is singlish version .... -
I thought it's "mad-sen", that's why Mr Brown says he will not name his soon-to-be-born son Madison, in case he meets a nurse who can't pronounce it correctly and starts calling in the clinic: "Madison Lee, come and collect your madison".Originally posted by a_splash:medicine leh
read as med-sen or med di sen? very luan i hear nurse or doc some say this others say the other....
Mr Brown will be so proud to be quoted here...for English somemore. -
His articles crack me up sometimes!Originally posted by Wanda:I thought it's "mad-sen", that's why Mr Brown says he will not name his soon-to-be-born son Madison, in case he meets a nurse who can't pronounce it correctly and starts calling in the clinic: "Madison Lee, come and collect your madison".
Mr Brown will be so proud to be quoted here...for English somemore. -
Yeah, I love reading Mr Brown's articles. I'd written to ask him to continue to be the spokesperson of the silent majority.
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