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Crul@lemm.ee to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish ·
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"Pronounce" by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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"Pronounce" by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

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Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce

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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you’re good.

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    Stupid question but what’s the difference?

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      One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.

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        And backwards the both say “evil”

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      Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

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        And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I’m not a native speaker if not obvious)

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