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?

  • @HonoraryMancunian
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    410 months ago

    ‘Knee’ and ‘Leigh’ are pronounced the same.

    Well they rhyme, but I wouldn’t go as far as to say they’re pronounced the same

    • Bleeping Lobster
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      210 months ago

      Leigh can be pronounced like ‘Lee’ or ‘Lay’

      • @HonoraryMancunian
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        210 months ago

        No I know that, but knee isn’t pronounced like Lee :P

      • @Globulart
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        110 months ago

        What does leigh pronounced lay mean…?