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Originally Posted by Seanus
Why do people make careers as linguistic specialists, focussing in on the more intricate points like that above? If they can do that, I can ask one question, tomodachi  |
Do you know why we pronounce "phone" as "fone?"
Do you know why we pronounce "thought" as "thawt?"
Do you know why we pronounce "through" as "throo?"
Do you know why there is an "s" in the word "island?"
I sure as heck don't, and English is my native language. I still don't know. There's weird conjugation's and irregularities like this in every language.
Why they happen is irrelevant.
But I can't blame you for asking. I'm sure people studying English sometimes ask "Well, why do I have to say 'eat
an apple' but 'eat
a banana?"
"Shoot one deer" and "shoot ten deer"
but
"Shoot one duck" and "Shoot ten duck
s"
Do you know why this happens in English? If not, then don't even ask why it happens in Japanese. (Or any language, for that matter.)
Because the answer is simple; it just does.