r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Upstairs_Cash8400 • 1d ago

English for Beginners

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u/SkydivingSquid 1d ago

I thought he was going to drop the 'b' in bread and just have "read". . .

And how do you say this?

"Uh - read?"

No! It's read. . . Try again.

"Uh, okay.. read."

Nope. It's read.

"Bro, wtf?!"

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u/lazerbreath_ 1d ago edited 14h ago

I always remember, "Read" rhymes with "Lead" but not with "Lead" and "Lead" rhymes with "read" but not with "read"!

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u/Truniq 1d ago

That's clever!!

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u/Playful-Dragonfly416 20h ago

I think he did read/read in a different video... maybe the bear one?