Catalog of strange pronunciations in English

Catalog of strange pronunciations in English

Postby pumpkinpi » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:59 pm

Say the word tomb...............









Now say the word womb...................








Now say the word bomb.

It would be awesome if we were consistent and pronounced it "boom." I think I'm going to, from now on.
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Re: Catalog of strange pronunciations in English

Postby SciFiFisher » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:12 pm

:rockon: roll:
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Re: Catalog of strange pronunciations in English

Postby geonuc » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:19 pm

Or there's Inspector Clouseau's version.
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