Message Forum: Re: WHY???

Re: WHY???

Posted By: Nyperold, on host 206.96.180.61
Date: Friday, November 23, 2001, at 06:37:40
In Reply To: Re: WHY??? posted by Mike, the penny-stamp man on Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 23:58:48:

> This teacher tried telling me that "-ead" is not pronounced eh in English.

... This is a teacher? Please tell me she got her certification from a cereal box...

I feel sorry for the students who believed her. They're going to get such a shock, if they haven't alrEADy, when they encounter words like ready, already, dead, tread, head, lead(the element), stead, as well as the "read" below.

> So i just felt stupid for her, said something quickly about the present and past tenses of the word "read" being spelled the same way, and left before i had time to slap her.
>
> Penny*loves most teachers*stamp

Nyperold

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Message:	> > This teacher tried telling me that "-ead" is not pronounced eh in English. > > ... This is a teacher? Please tell me she got her certification from a cereal box... > > I feel sorry for the students who believed her. They're going to get such a shock, if they haven't alrEADy, when they encounter words like ready, already, dead, tread, head, lead(the element), stead, as well as the "read" below. > > > So i just felt stupid for her, said something quickly about the present and past tenses of the word "read" being spelled the same way, and left before i had time to slap her. > > > > Pennyloves most teachersstamp > > Nyperold
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