A few days ago
dormi22

Why is gauge pronounce “gage” and gauze is pronounced “goz”?

Why is gauge pronounce “gage” and gauze is pronounced “goz”?

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A few days ago
love_alw_693

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because the english language is very confusing.

why is mouse plural mice

and house plural houses.

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4 years ago
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Gauze Pronunciation
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Short answer: English is weird.

Gauge comes from an Old French word that got transcombobulated into Old English and has the same root as “gallows”.

Gauze is an Old French transliteration of an Arabic word, so it probably retained its pronunciation because of that.

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A few days ago
lauren
Po-tay-toe

Po-tah-toe

:3 The English language is crazy. o.o

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A few days ago
picador
I would be interested in your preference for how those words SHOULD be pronounced, and why.
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