Odd language, this English
I was reading a British report about Lewis Hamilton’s tyres. Problems may cost him the Formula One title. Wait, shouldn’t that be tytle? What’s with those Brits? I don’t recall reading about the tytle contention going down to the wyre, and if that guy messed up another wheel change, he would be fyred. The one consistency about the English language is it inconsistency. Restaurant, for instance is pronounced with the end of the word sounding like it should be spelled “raunt.” After all if aunt is... Sign in to see full entry.