Words that confuses me...
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deadline.......
alotta ppl like to say dateline......... -
that's American English and British English.Originally posted by Lavendin:color and colour
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You ADVISE people but people listen to your ADVICEOriginally 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?
You PRACTISE in a PRATICE session so a pratice session is for pratising(I know this is confusing, basically pratising is something you do, pratice is the thing you go to, to do it!)
Principle means like your sentiments, eg spare the rod spoil the child or money is the root of all evil.Principal is like your school principal lor -
Originally posted by a_splash:
Wah! I'm going deaf already!!
ok, pick up the loud header :
[b]PAGING RHONDA, CAN U HELP ME???
[/b] 
It's (mĕd'ĭ-sĭn) ... so yes, you pronounce the 'i'.
Pai seh... I always thought it was a silent 'i'.
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Aiyoh! The phonetics symbols came out like swear words!Originally posted by Rhonda:Wah! I'm going deaf already!!
It's (mĕd'ĭ-sĭn) ... so yes, you pronounce the 'i'.
Pai seh... I always thought it was a silent 'i'.
OK, you can go to this site for the real phonetic symbols :
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=7p98s1a4p354a?tname=medicine&method=6&sbid=lc03a
I swear that wasn't a swear word!! -
i'm startin to hate english already
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don't hate it...
it is a wonderful language which you can use in so many ways...
tough
though
through
thorough
where a bough can be tough
where you cannot sow a sow
so you will not reap a heap
Originally posted by shinta:i'm startin to hate english already -
yalor,.....me so nice person........i am sure u won't need to swear at me de....believe u lah......Originally posted by Rhonda:Aiyoh! The phonetics symbols came out like swear words!
OK, you can go to this site for the real phonetic symbols :
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=7p98s1a4p354a?tname=medicine&method=6&sbid=lc03a
I swear that wasn't a swear word!!
ok arigato...gia yi gia to...take chair take table...thank you!!! -
Originally posted by Rhonda:Wah! I'm going deaf already!!
It's (mĕd'ĭ-sĭn) ... so yes, you pronounce the 'i'.
Pai seh... I always thought it was a silent 'i'. paisay leh...too loud hor....ok next time i shout softly....
u given me 4Ds or ToTO??
k i go figure out....today Wednesday hor....can buy 4D.... -
Does that mean it's pronouced as "mad di sen"?Originally posted by Rhonda:It's (mĕd'ĭ-sĭn) ... so yes, you pronounce the 'i'.
Pai seh... I always thought it was a silent 'i'. -
The word "cannot" always confused the hell out of me.
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This reminds me: how do Americans pronouced: "can" and "can't"? Both sound the same to me, so have to guess sometimes. How to tell the difference?
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Just an impression, but the "a" in "can" just seems to be stretched a smidgen longer than in "can't".
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Flammable/Inflammable
Valuable/Invaluable
Like got difference but no difference at all -
its med di senOriginally 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....
if you have problems with pronunciation use this dictionary -
In school, I was taught to use: "...as long as...."
But now it seems everyone esp. politicians like to use: "...so long as...", at least according to ST.
What does it mean? Did they all go to the same English school for PAP members? Even the Fleetwood Mac song goes "...as long as you love me...". Can't imagine they sing "So long as you love me..." Yukkss!
[edit: Backstreet Boys also has a song "As long as you love me"]
The other word is "More importantly, you must do this...." which I learnt in school, but now it seems to have become "more important, you must do this...". -
some of the forumites like to use
sign instead of SIGH
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this is definitely amercan and british english difference..Originally posted by Lavendin:color and colour -
irregardless
i think it was during sec school, teacher highlighted it to us...
regardless is already the negative of regard...so no need ir....else should be irregard....
so its regardless, or irregard?? any diff?? -
thanks!Originally posted by dragg:
oops paisay....u rem me i hv not put my 'wu ti' to good use.... -
Originally posted by kopiosatu:some of the forumites like to use
sign instead of SIGH
and oh mine instead of OH MY ya...i still make the mistakes of using sign instead of sigh.... -
inflammable.. there is no such word as flammable actually
valuable is something which has a high price...
invaluable is something which you almost cannot do withoutOriginally posted by The man who was death:Flammable/Inflammable
Valuable/Invaluable
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irregardless has the same meaning as regardless. it is just not commonly used.Originally posted by a_splash:irregardless
i think it was during sec school, teacher highlighted it to us...
regardless is already the negative of regard...so no need ir....else should be irregard....
so its regardless, or irregard?? any diff?? -
Nope - it is in fact not a formal word. Somehow, through its common misuse it found its way into accepted vocabulary, but logically, the "ir" would in fact cancel out the "less", making "irregardless" in fact mean "regarding".Originally posted by dragg:irregardless has the same meaning as regardless. it is just not commonly used. -
Actually, I was wondering about whether to tell shinta that or not!Originally posted by the Bear:also, shinta, words that confuse (no "s") me... You beat me to it!