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Title: A language question
Post by: DragonsLover on September 24, 2004, 12:29:36 PM

Do you pronounce the word Flood: "Flod" or "Flood"? And for the word Blood? "Blod" or "Blood"?

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: G3K on September 24, 2004, 03:37:21 PM

Yeah, they're pronounced as they're spelt.

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: DragonsLover on September 24, 2004, 04:25:22 PM

So, Flood = "Flood" and Blood = "Blood"?

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: Andi on September 24, 2004, 05:06:02 PM

I thought Blood is pronounced like Blod or so. :-/

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: DragonsLover on September 24, 2004, 05:11:15 PM

Yep, but why Flood is pronounced like Flood and Blood is pronounced like Blod if both are written with 2 o?

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: Andi on September 24, 2004, 05:20:17 PM

I think every natural language has its own strangeness. :D

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: Louise on September 24, 2004, 06:48:27 PM

They're pronounced 'blud' and 'flud'.

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: DragonsLover on September 24, 2004, 07:34:34 PM

Huh... huh...  O_o  O_o

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: Liebatron on September 24, 2004, 07:42:17 PM

blood.  Pronounced bl, then an uh sound (oo equals uh.  Sometimes it equals the letter U without the "y" part, as in "food")

flood.  same as blood, but with fl in front. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: DragonsLover on September 25, 2004, 03:05:09 AM

Ok!

Title: Re: A language question
Post by: namida on September 25, 2004, 08:20:23 AM

Louise provided the simplest and best explaination by far. In fact, mine to DragonsLover (on MSN) was exactly the same, even though I hadn't read it. :P