It's cute how people outside of the United States believe that their country represents the entire rest of the world. They're invariably wrong, but they speak with such confidence you'd almost be convinced that they knew what they were talking about.
It's cute how @kalbahamut believes that @undeadwarrior and maybe a few other people he has met represent the entire rest of the world. He's wrong, but speaks in such a patronising way that you'd almost be convinced he knew what he was talking about.
undeadwarrior said, verbatim: all countries except for the USA.
I made no such overreaching statement. I said people (such as undeadwarrior)
My statement is self-evidently true, as the phenomenon I was describing takes place a half inch up the page. And I'm going to take the 5 likes TWW got on his comment as further evidence that I'm right. The tens of thousands upon thousands of other examples proving my point in my collective life experience, or even just here in the comment sections of this very website, are not even necessary to reference. Undeadwarrior is demonstrably wrong. If you're not convinced I know what I'm talking about in this instance, any patronizing manner someone uses to address you is probably deserved.
If it was in general true that people outside of the USA thought their country represented the rest of the world, then there wouldn't be nearly as many countries where people are fiercely nationalistic and think all foreigners are different to them. And even if you want to make out that your comment wasn't overreaching (though it was, given that you said invariably wrong) I am still not convinced that there is any sort of general rule applicable here.
NOOOO! Have half the 'English' people on here never ventured down the road to Bristol, or Devon, or Cornwall, or anywhere in the West country? Have they never been to Scotland or any part of Ireland? The 'r' is pronounced in many parts of England and in the UK. Such adamant 'certainty' about fallacy.
It would be fun to have a series of quizzes that focuses on homophones in specified accents from around the world. This comment section can provide a healthy start.
Yea it is pretty tough when english isnt your first language. First you have to know how the above words are prounounced ( and the people that DO speak english cant even seem to agree haha) then think about that sound and hope another word sounding like that comes to mind, and your vocabulary in other languages are usually always smaller than in your own language. (Though they still might be bigger than someone elses for whom it IS their native language ;) )
something just has to click when thinking of a sound. And in another language not all words are as readily available/accessible
That said I did get all but rye and ward. I havent looked the phonetic spelling up, but I still sort of see them as pronounced differently. Ward is spoken with an a that tends towards an o (as in warthog, not an a as in part) The a in warred (I assume from war, cause there could ofcourse be another warred that is pronouced differently) sounds more like hard.
I agree. Wry and rye are pronounced slightly differently (more breathiness and longer initial consonant), and ward and warred are very much pronounced differently (at least in northeastern US). Different vowel sounds.
This time I did get ward (but as one of the last ones) and rye. I tried wart first.
I missed cast this time. I can't remember taking this specific quiz btw. None of it rings a bell. Though not surprised I have taken homphone quizzes before
the only reason i got serial was because we were in an overpass in my car, and i saw the pillars, and then, this happened. "Billar, Cillar, Dillar, ect. all the way to k. ....Killer, wait wat serial killer....
The difference between -ze and -ce (and the fact that words ending in s are usually pronounced like -ze) was drummed into us by our phonology lecturer at the uni.
Also nice map you've got on your profile! I guess you highlighted Singapore, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City (the last four not visible) 😁
Only missed one, and the only one which isn't a homophone in my accent is ward and warred. I was raised and live in the SE of England. Good quiz some were really tricky once I'd seen the first word
Would you be willing to accept Feys/Faes/Fays for homonyms to faze? They are just different spellings of a synonym for fairies/faeries. (Goodness, English has some strange standardisation principles for spelling.)
Fay is also used to describe fastening something tightly, so it stands on its own too.
in the British English from where I'm from (London) ducked and duct are not homophones. I hope I'm getting the terms right, but the "ed" in ducked is not aspirated, while the t in duct is.
You should select homophones that don't have any other homophones in any dialect, for example you shouldn't use "paws/pause" because they rhyme with "pores/pours" in some dialects.
In Singapore, North India, all of Oceania, the entirety of Africa, southern England, and some parts of the United States, "pause" is most certainly homophonous with "pores".
Another thing: where l live (Oxford), "cast" (as in to "cast a spell") rhymes with "cost" rather than "caste" (social class, category, etc) but l know, that is subjective to regional variations.
I made no such overreaching statement. I said people (such as undeadwarrior)
My statement is self-evidently true, as the phenomenon I was describing takes place a half inch up the page. And I'm going to take the 5 likes TWW got on his comment as further evidence that I'm right. The tens of thousands upon thousands of other examples proving my point in my collective life experience, or even just here in the comment sections of this very website, are not even necessary to reference. Undeadwarrior is demonstrably wrong. If you're not convinced I know what I'm talking about in this instance, any patronizing manner someone uses to address you is probably deserved.
No issue with any of the above homophones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_change#Merger
something just has to click when thinking of a sound. And in another language not all words are as readily available/accessible
That said I did get all but rye and ward. I havent looked the phonetic spelling up, but I still sort of see them as pronounced differently. Ward is spoken with an a that tends towards an o (as in warthog, not an a as in part) The a in warred (I assume from war, cause there could ofcourse be another warred that is pronouced differently) sounds more like hard.
I missed cast this time. I can't remember taking this specific quiz btw. None of it rings a bell. Though not surprised I have taken homphone quizzes before
With help from Google! :D
SERIAL
If you watch/read Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, not so much though!
Fay is also used to describe fastening something tightly, so it stands on its own too.
Difficult quiz!
Is this the case of the author pronouncing "T"s very softly at the end of words?
Thanks!