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Why is Laboratory pronounced Labretory. It doesnt make sense to me.

sorry for the combor breaker.
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  1. Chip's Avatar
    There are loads of words spelt differently to how they sound.
    Differently for an example; we pronounce it difrently.
  2. ~▲†▲~'s Avatar
    You can pronounce it phonetically if you want, that's what Dexter from Dexter's Lab does.
  3. Rammjet's Avatar
    In the UK it's more 'Laboratry', we drop the second o rather than the first.
    But it's just a contraction anyway.
  4. Cirmentia's Avatar
    There are many words pronounced differently from how they are spelled. One of those words is "Light."
  5. Rammjet's Avatar
    Don't know what you're on about, God, I pronounce that word exactly as it is spelled.
  6. Bucktooth's Avatar
    Google even said it was pronounced Labretory. I like saying Laboratory. Makes me sound smart.
  7. Chip's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gοd
    There are many words pronounced differently from how they are spelled. One of those words is "Light."
    I pronounce light as light :s
  8. Cirmentia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rammjet
    Don't know what you're on about, God, I pronounce that word exactly as it is spelled.
    In certain countries, "light" is pronounced laɪt. In just about every other country in the world, it is pronounced "Lig hut," with an extremely subtle 'u.'

    For some strange reason, the "right" way to pronounce it is laɪt, but I don't understand how.
  9. Rammjet's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gοd
    In certain countries, "light" is pronounced laɪt. In just about every other country in the world, it is pronounced "Lig hut," with an extremely subtle 'u.'

    For some strange reason, the "right" way to pronounce it is laɪt, but I don't understand how.

    [I was being sarcy]
  10. Chip's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gοd
    In certain countries, "light" is pronounced laɪt. In just about every other country in the world, it is pronounced "Lig hut," with an extremely subtle 'u.'

    For some strange reason, the "right" way to pronounce it is laɪt, but I don't understand how.
    I've never came across myself saying u in light.
  11. Cirmentia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Lucoza_
    I've never came across myself saying u in light.
    You can't make the transition from the 'h' to the 't' without a small vowel, and I figured it would be a 'u.'

    Quote Originally Posted by Rammjet
    [I was being sarcy]
    [I was being sarcy too, if you read my post]
  12. Harbinger's Avatar
    You mean saying like LICHT? Like some sort of GGGGGGHHHHHHH sound?
  13. Rammjet's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gοd
    You can't make the transition from the 'h' to the 't' without a small vowel, and I figured it would be a 'u.'



    [I was being sarcy too, if you read my post]

    Sarcasm is confusing. D:
  14. Cirmentia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Rammjet
    Sarcasm is confusing. D:
    I am confusing. I even confuse myself sometimes. A perfect example being that in the Bible, I sanction selling your daughter as a slave. I wonder what was going through my mind... But my Word has to be everlasting and never-changing, so I can't change it.