Here are a few more examples of illogical inconsistencies in English pronunciation:
The past form of say is said. It is pronounced as /sed/ but the past form of pay and lay are not pronounced as /ped/ or /led/! Rather you have to pronounce them as /peid/ and /leid/.
Bomb is pronounced as /bom/ and comb is pronounced as /com/ but what about tomb? It’s pronounced as /toom/!
Come and some do not agree with dome and Rome
There is logic in pronouncing eve as /eev/ but I don’t understand why ewe is pronounced as /yoo/
Curry and hurry are two words that all of you might pronounce with ease. However, bury is a word a good number non-native speakers find difficult to pronounce; it is pronounced /bery/. It is rather crazy!
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