I teach special education students how to read. The "code" of our language is something that kids can learn, and they can recognize certain sounds within words. But, it is things like this that drive me crazy:
Tangerine = tangerEEN
Nectarine = nectarEEN
Clementine = clementINE
WHY, when these three words end in the same pattern of letters, and when they all are types of oranges, do we pronounce one of them differently?!?
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