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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

/veɪɡ/

As somebody that doesn't speak English natively... WTF?! I would never imagine this pronunciation. If you are going to corrupt the way it's spoken, why not go and change the writing too?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

The answer to that question involves talking about the French and what happened in 1066!

Tbf though, Webster tried simplifying some words for American English. He just didn't manage to get them all.