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Chapter 1: Why does pizza end with a T sound?
Hello, my friends. Welcome back to another edition of English Makes No Sense. I am your happy hostess, S.L. Rockfish here. But you know you can call me Sarah. And today we're going to have an English Fun Friday.
A Fun Friday? Yes, we are.
Chapter 2: How does English borrow words from other languages?
Happy Fun Friday. Here's a quick question. Why does P-I-Z-Z-A end with a T sound?
Pizza. Pizza. Why does pizza end with a T like a T-S sound when there is no T-S in it at all? Why? I do know. Want to know the answer? It's because English steals words from other languages and then Changes almost nothing. What? Yeah. Pizza comes from Italian.
Chapter 3: What are some examples of borrowed words in English?
Ah, pizza. And English kept the sound. Even though it doesn't match English spelling rules. Because if it was English spelling rules, it would be pizza, pizza. But it's not. We pronounce it pizza. I love the pizza. Pizza. We keep it that way because the English took it from the Italians and they never changed it. And that, my friends, is why English makes no sense. Here's a little fun fact.
This happens with a lot of words. Café. C-A-F-E with the little accent mark on it. Looks like cave, but it's really cafe because we stole it from the French.
Chapter 4: Why does English pronunciation differ from spelling?
Taco. Oh, Spanish. Taco. It could be taco or taco, but it's not. It's taco. English didn't change anything. And ballet. B-A-L-L-E-T looks like ballet, but we pronounce it ballet because it was taken from French. English is weird, my friends. They take a little bit from everything and sometimes they change it and sometimes they don't.
And sometimes they make rules that they follow and other times they just throw the rules out the window. Got it? Why does English make everything oh so crazy? I don't know, but I'm sure glad to share it with you. Peace, friends.
Chapter 5: What makes English pronunciation so confusing?
Have a great Friday or whatever day you listen to this. Go on, go get some pizza and just have a great day. All right. Gotta go.
Chapter 6: How can understanding borrowed words help with learning English?
Thanks for being here.