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Hmm, not sure if I can think of one. Welcome, Gwynne! You're only the second person I've met who spells the name that way. T'other was a long-ago bridge partner.
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looking for words in English
Yeah. Innit?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I may have been mislead by ... I keep making that error too! (and with plain old 'led/lead' as well). Misled is such a strange word. I used to think that it was pronounced 'Mizled' (maizəld), like in miserly.
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and with plain old 'led/lead' as well
Yeah, that is one spelling I nearly always get wrong.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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"ism" was mentioned before but many (most? all?) words that end in -sm are pronounced with an "um" like spasm, microcosm, orgasm, cytoplasm, ...
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formerly known as etaoin...
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"ism" was mentioned before but many (most? all?) words that end in -sm are pronounced with an "um" like spasm, microcosm, orgasm, cytoplasm, ... I guess that depends on your idiolect. The same could be said about rhythm. I believe I pronounce them with a syllabic M. And did we ever decide whether we're looking for words with pronounced vowels or words with written vowels?
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Hmm, I'm really not sure...
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Maybe GwynneF will tell us when she shows up again in 2015.
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