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Reading between the lines

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  1. DMD

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    Why is Reading pronounced Reading and not reading?
     
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  2. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    Redding - not reeding?
     
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  3. DMD

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    Aye.

    Who decides these things? Another one I don't understand is, I can read a message, which then means it's read.

    They don't mess about like that with words like dread and bread.
     
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    they manufactrured red ink there in the dark ages.
     
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  5. DMD

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    In which case they should have had no problem spelling a three letter word without adding a superfluous letter a.
     
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    Heading and heeding.....
     
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    Lead and lead...
     
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    Bread and plead...
     
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    so should it be like

    bead & mead & plead

    or bread & dead & dread & head & meadow & stead & tread

    or vary like lead & read

    looks like more -ead- words rhyme with bread than bead.
     
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  10. DMD

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    The even pronounce their County wrong as well. Berks.
     
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  11. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    And then we have the 'English Test' of:

    Rough, cough, bough, dough, thorough, through, thought, lough...
     
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    Elloughton cum Brough.
     
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    Semantics apart, it's a very watchable game.
     
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    Reading lead.
     
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    .<ok>
     
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    didn't quite get that. did you mean

    Reading lead
    or
    Reading lead
    or
    Reading lead
    or
    Reading lead
    ?
     
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  17. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    What about QPR? Are they 'Range-ers'? Or are they 'Rang-ers'?
     
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    Don't worry about it, they're drawing now.
     
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    There their they're

    Where were wear

    we're
     
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    ware
     
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