[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Realators--meet on in FeBOOary in the Liberry

[Random832]

>> Random832 wrote:>>
>> I-ern for "Iron" - READ THE DAMN WORD. Or don't. It is English, 
>> after all, the language with the most screwed-up spelling system
>> ever. 
>>
>> It's not "wrong".
> 
> Mike:
> From the on-line American Heritage Dictionary:
> iern ---- that's a long "I" and an upside down "e"
> 
> No other pronunciation offered. What other way did you have in mind, 
> Random?

Random832:

how about i-ron?

My point was, rather, words change. That one did long ago. Some (most of 
them complained about in this thread) are changing today. Who knows what 
words will change tomorrow?