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.
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.
You can't pronounce "multi" properly eitherThe ge sound is sharper in garage.
You can't pronounce "multi" properly either![]()
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
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?
OK I give upI 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 upWhat's the answer
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therein: the, there, he, her, here, herein, ere, re, rein, in.
Correct, but did you google?![]()
Because some of us couldn't work it out for ourselves.Why would someone have to Google one of the more simple English puzzles?