Challenge accepted: non-standard spellings are very common. I won’t use the obvious example, rough/though/through/tough/cough/enough/Gough, I’ll try to keep on theme. So give these ones a go: argue, vague, ague, merengue, brogue, chaise-longue, fatigue… are these all practical jokes or just accidents of lexicographic history?
Segue for me. I pronounced it seg-goo and my mom busted out laughing.
Huh… don’t think I’ve ever seen segue written down. I’d be writing Segway if I had to.
Sounds like something you ride or a place that makes so so sandwiches.
Now that I think about it… it makes sense now! A segway is a segue between two places!
Exactly! A segue between the inventor’s life and death!
I was at the store with my partner and I was like
“What’s… kwee-know-ah?”
I’m still not 100% on how that is pronounced.
My partner looks at me and says… “KEEN-WAH???” and I’m like uhhh suuuure, that one…
I’ve heard segue being spoken in so many different ways that I have no fucking clue which is the correct. Se-geh, segway, se-goo-ee
The second one you wrote is the correct way to pronounce it.
I tend to read it as Sergey without the “r”.
That word’s spelling is a practical joke and you can’t convince me otherwise.
Challenge accepted: non-standard spellings are very common. I won’t use the obvious example, rough/though/through/tough/cough/enough/Gough, I’ll try to keep on theme. So give these ones a go: argue, vague, ague, merengue, brogue, chaise-longue, fatigue… are these all practical jokes or just accidents of lexicographic history?