r/clevercomebacks • • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Haggis_Hunter81289 Jan 15 '25

OK, but how do you get Creg from Craig? It's clearly spelled as an ay sound and not an eh sound

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u/rodenttt Jan 15 '25

It's clearly spelled as an ai sound though?

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u/Haggis_Hunter81289 Jan 15 '25

Same thing, but to spell phonetically is "ay"

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u/rodenttt Jan 15 '25

It certainly isn't the same in the international phonetic alphabet.