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I prefer the spelling "lede" simply because it differentiates it from the element "lead" with symbol "Pb". Heteronyms are irritating and sometimes confusing. I'
by SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
I prefer the spelling "lede" simply because it differentiates it from the element "lead" with symbol "Pb". Heteronyms are irritating and sometimes confusing. I'd be happy if the "lede" spelling expanded to cover the other meanings with that pronunciation.
- zik 9y agoThat still doesn't help with "I put my dog on his lead", "Usain Bolt is in the lead" or other cases where it's pronounced that way.
- hanoz 9y agoThey're the same lead though, i.e. the device with which you lead your dog.
- tacostakohashi 9y agoIsn't that a leash?
- bckygldstn 9y ago"Lead" and "leash" are used interchangeably in some (non-American) dialects of English.
- ClassyJacket 9y agoIt's a different word for the same thing. I hear leash in American TV shows but in Australia we call it a lead.
- hanoz 9y ago> Then the present and past tense of "lead" would have different spellings in addition to different pronunciations. They already do have different spellings - lead and led.
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoYou're right, I don't know how I messed that one up.
- function_seven 9y agoYou were probably thinking of "read" and "read" (present and past)?
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoProbably, which is also an annoying heteronym.