My first thought on seeing the word 'gibbous' is moon phase. My second thought is why is gibbous pronounced with a hard 'g' but gibbet with a soft 'g'? Same pronunciation rules should apply.
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Same as (Do the funky) gibbon and not like the cut of his gib! How do our kids learn English?!
aug 8, 2025, 12:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Exactly! And non-English speakers also. 🤣
aug 8, 2025, 1:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Often they speak better English than those born here!
aug 8, 2025, 1:09 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh definitely! I have a Norwegian friend and her grammar, punctuation and spelling is better than mine. Of course she was taught 'by the book' and doesn't slip into my lazy/shoddy ways. 😬
aug 8, 2025, 1:33 pm • 1 0 • view