Kelliinlove Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 i have a question to all...me and my mother debate this... with Sure dedorant...and within the word itself, we were discussing the way it is said since i say "Shore" and my mother says "Shure" why do we tend to add a H? we do the same with Sugar...we say Shugar? why is this? ideas, comments come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sug1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Well English is such a missmatch of words from lots of languages, it is not surprising that we have strange spellings which don't make any sense. The word sugar is thought to have come to english from old french form as "çucre" The word Sure was "seur" in old french.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoeshine Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sug1.htm I've said it before, but I will risk saying it again.....cgk........you are absolutely brilliant with your links.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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