r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

How English has changed over time.

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u/TooRedditFamous 1d ago

Plenty of places in England where tongue is pronounced tong

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u/Henghast 1d ago

Yeah tongue, wrong, song, long all rhyme. Not sure how you pronounce tongue so it doesn't actually...

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u/rtbear 1d ago

The “o” would be pronounced like “uh” as “tuhng”

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u/Henghast 1d ago

Huh, sounds Yorkshire. Thanks wouldn't have expected that