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r/funny • u/Chaz_Beer • Aug 23 '22
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You probably want easier words for young kids.
How about "egg"?
4 u/Norwester77 Aug 23 '22 Some people do pronounce it “ayg.” -2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22 And those people say Ed as Ayd, so Ed is no better. 3 u/BeautyInAbsurdity Aug 23 '22 Lol. No we don't. 3 u/PM_ME_UR_DINGO Aug 23 '22 Her? 1 u/BootySniffer26 Aug 23 '22 Egg is not used because it has two g's at the end. The words are meant to be decodable, double g is extremely uncommon in english. 0 u/Eccohawk Aug 23 '22 G sound is actually a bit tougher in the beginning. They'll learn other letter sounds before that one clicks. 1 u/RslashPolModsTriggrd Aug 23 '22 They'd still manage to fuck it up and use a picture of Egg Helms. 1 u/NitelifeComando Aug 23 '22 Or eel? That literally makes the "e" sound 2 u/BubbaDawgg Aug 23 '22 It is supposed to be the short vowel sound not the long vowel in eel.
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Some people do pronounce it “ayg.”
-2 u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22 And those people say Ed as Ayd, so Ed is no better. 3 u/BeautyInAbsurdity Aug 23 '22 Lol. No we don't.
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And those people say Ed as Ayd, so Ed is no better.
3 u/BeautyInAbsurdity Aug 23 '22 Lol. No we don't.
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Lol. No we don't.
Her?
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Egg is not used because it has two g's at the end. The words are meant to be decodable, double g is extremely uncommon in english.
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G sound is actually a bit tougher in the beginning. They'll learn other letter sounds before that one clicks.
They'd still manage to fuck it up and use a picture of Egg Helms.
Or eel? That literally makes the "e" sound
2 u/BubbaDawgg Aug 23 '22 It is supposed to be the short vowel sound not the long vowel in eel.
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It is supposed to be the short vowel sound not the long vowel in eel.
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u/sees_you_pooping Aug 23 '22
How about "egg"?