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Offline Humpybong

The joys of the English language!
November 20, 2018, 09:53:52 PM

If tomb is pronounced 'toom'

and womb is pronounced 'woom'

why isn't bomb pronounced BOOM?

Barry
Brisbane, Australia
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Offline TKO

Re: The joys of the English language!
November 20, 2018, 11:04:40 PM
Makes no sense to me either....

We drive on a parkway and park in a driveway....

TKO™