Wednesday, September 05, 2007

One More Thing

Whose idea was it to spell the word gauge "g-a-u-g-e"? Should it just be spelled g-a-g-e? That's how it's pronounced. Also, if I were to say "I want to gauge your eye out with a spoon!", is it still spelled g-a-u-g-e? No wonder English is such a difficult language to learn. Sheesh!

2 comments:

Buxom Banshee said...

I think you have the words mixed up-maybe this will clear things up :

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gouge

Travis said...

Ah thanks.