The good can decay many ways.
The good candy came anyways.
The stuffy nose can lead to problems.
The stuff he knows can lead to problems.
If you read these fast enough and with natural pronunciation, they'll sound the same! Wow!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Wug Test
A wug test is a test of people's ability to apply a rule in a language. How would you complete the phrase at the bottom of this picture?
Most native speakers of English answer "wugs", pronounced "wugz".
How about this test?
Bob loves to spling. He splings whenever he has the chance. Last weekend, he ( ).
Of course, there is no verb "spling" in English. But it sounds like "spring" and "ring", so a lot of native speakers fill in the blank with either "splung" or "splang". Other people write "splinged", which applies the regular past tense rule.
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