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Yes, English is weird.

‘Bough’ and ‘cough’ are not pronounced the same. ‘bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same. ‘Knee’ and ‘Leigh’ are pronounced the same. ‘Neigh’ and ‘Nay’ are pronounced the same. ‘Polish’ (the nationality) and ‘polish’ (as in what you do to a metal object) are not pronounced the same. ‘Tear’ (as in to rip) and ‘tear’ (as in to cry) are spelled the same, but not pronounced the same. Other words which are spelled the same, but pronounced differently:

resume / resume present / present record / record close / close use / use live / live

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TeaHands@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

‘Bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same

Except, of course, when “bow” is pronounced “bow” instead.

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- MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I shot the boughs with my bow and then gave a bow to my bo!
  
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  - teft@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The last one should be spelled beau if you mean your special guy.
    
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HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

‘Knee’ and ‘Leigh’ are pronounced the same.

Well they rhyme, but I wouldn’t go as far as to say they’re pronounced the same

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- Transcendant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Leigh can be pronounced like ‘Lee’ or ‘Lay’
  
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  - HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No I know that, but knee isn’t pronounced like Lee :P
    
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  - Globulart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What does leigh pronounced lay mean…?
    
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DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Leigh put the Polish bough over his knee but couldn’t polish it. “What’s the use!” he coughed.

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