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You are correct, it does seem to be the wrong way around. We do pronounce "garage" similarly to "mirage," only the first "a" has more of an "ah" sound.

The ge sound is sharper in garage.
 
Ok, time to step back in here. Regarding the multi meaning words, it used to be.... the spelling of it is not relevant, but the pronunciation is... "Rose" with 9 meanings, Such as Rose the flower, Rose past tense of risen, Ceiling Rose, Rows of seats, etc. Can't remember them all of hand.

The source of the information came from the Guinness World Records, which incidently I have every single copy ever published since its inception in 1955. That year they published 4 books I have all 4 first editions, the very first one came with a token that was glued into the spine which had a tear off perforation which you could hand in and get 5/- (five shilling) of the next book. This is still intact in my copy. Would love to know its value.

Anyway this is digression.

Another quicky couple though.

Question 1:
Which is the only word in the English language to have three sets of double letters next to each other?

Question 2:
Which word contains six letter i's in it?

No Googling;)
 
We got into a discussion on the English language the other night (oddly enough).

There are several words that have only one meaning (examples: coven and planchette).

Is there a word that defines words that have only one meaning? I was going to Google, but I couldn't figure out how to describe what I wanted.
 
A word with two meanings is an ambiguous word without context.

Hence the opposite would be unambiguous or monosamous.
 
Ok, time to step back in here. Regarding the multi meaning words, it used to be.... the spelling of it is not relevant, but the pronunciation is... "Rose" with 9 meanings, Such as Rose the flower, Rose past tense of risen, Ceiling Rose, Rows of seats, etc. Can't remember them all of hand.

The source of the information came from the Guinness World Records, which incidently I have every single copy ever published since its inception in 1955. That year they published 4 books I have all 4 first editions, the very first one came with a token that was glued into the spine which had a tear off perforation which you could hand in and get 5/- (five shilling) of the next book. This is still intact in my copy. Would love to know its value.

Anyway this is digression.

Another quicky couple though.

Question 1:
Which is the only word in the English language to have three sets of double letters next to each other?

Question 2:
Which word contains six letter i's in it?

No Googling;)

1) Bookkeeping - had this question on a Virgin Blue flight once - and got the prize of a chocolate bar.

I think an interesting one is to correctly spell restauranteur?

Question 2 reminds me of the crossword clue : Overburdened Postman
 
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1) Bookkeeping - had this question on a Virgin Blue flight once - and got the prize of a chocolate bar.

I think an interesting one is to correctly spell restauranteur?

Question 2 reminds me of the crossword clue : Overburdened Postman

I can't even spell restaurant.
 
1) I think an interesting one is to correctly spell restauranteur?

Resterateur. That is English for you. Restaurant is entirely a French word anyway.

Tell me, why the verb "pronounce" become "pronunciation" as a noun? What is the "rule" here?
 
How about the crossword question

2 words 9 and 4

Clue: gseg
 
Criticising US English for variation in pronunciation, spelling and meaning actually neglects the fact that the Queen's English itself is inconsistent.

There are many words that have multiple meanings, pronunciation variants or alternative spelling even within a dialect.

Surely the Scots version is further removed from English than the US. For that matter one does not even need to go beyond Yorkshire to encounter near incomprehensible variants.
 
Resterateur. That is English for you. Restaurant is entirely a French word anyway.

Tell me, why the verb "pronounce" become "pronunciation" as a noun? What is the "rule" here?

You're making the spellings up as you go along? The way it used to be done?
 
I have one.

There is a 7 letter English word that contains 10 other English words without rearranging any of it's letters. What is it, and what are the 10 words it contains?
 
I have one.

There is a 7 letter English word that contains 10 other English words without rearranging any of it's letters. What is it, and what are the 10 words it contains?
OK I give up:) What's the answer:eek:
 
therein: the, there, he, her, here, herein, ere, re, rein, in.
 
I have not followed this thread entirely, but I have come across different words for the same thing depending on where you live in the USA. i.e. soda, soda pop, pop, coke.
 

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