over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecybervseas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoBy the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·6 months agoIt would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoI don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
By the argument, is the w in “two” actually silent? What would it sounds like when pronounced? I think it would sound like “two” already does.
It would sound like “twu” as in “twu wuv”
Mawwiage!
I don’t necessarily think so. If the W was pronounced, I think it would sound something more like ‘tawoo’ or ‘teewoo’
twoah
hawk twoah
Spell out that thang!