I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word “you’ve”. Normally, I’d say “you’ve got a problem”, which expands to “you have got a problem”, which isn’t wrong, but I normally wouldn’t say. Not contracting, I’d say “you have a problem”, so then should I just say “you’ve a problem”? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?

  • TeaHands@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    ‘Bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same

    Except, of course, when “bow” is pronounced “bow” instead.