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It's funny because as American kids are learning to read and ask what a word is we are told "sound it out". It usually works. But it definitely doesn't work the
by bobloblaw45 7y ago
It's funny because as American kids are learning to read and ask what a word is we are told "sound it out". It usually works. But it definitely doesn't work the other way around, trying to spell a word by how it sounds. I had a Portuguese friend online once that spelled "awesome", "hawsom" and we had a good laugh because he felt embarrassed but we had to assure him it's still spelled wrong but still sounds right if you read it out loud.
- fyfy18 7y agoAs a native English speaker I could understand dropping the "e", but where does the "h" come from?
- ukoki 7y agoH at the beginning of a word is silent in Portuguese (as in Spanish and Italian)
- Al-Khwarizmi 7y agoI guess it could come from the same place as in "hour", "honor", "honest", etc. :)