(May 19, 2020 at 10:13 am)arewethereyet Wrote:(May 19, 2020 at 6:13 am)Brian37 Wrote: I know it was the wrong word now.Let's look at this...they're, there, and their do sound alike.
But to me they sound the same even though they are spelled differently. Just like "They're" "There" and "Their" all mean completely different things.
What attic and addict have in common in they both start with the letter "a" and are two syllable words.
Attic has two "Ts" together and it ends with a "K" sound.
Addict has two "Ds" together and ends with "CT".
I have hearing loss and even with that the two words sound very different. If you are hearing them the same you should maybe have your hearing checked.
To be fair, Brian thinks a kookaburra sounds like a chimp. So it's perfectly possible that 'attic' and 'addict' sound alike to him.
Kookaburra:
Chimpanzee:
Boru
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