# Got August Gripes?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-august-gripes/726712
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [August 1, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-august-gripes/726712 "2015-08-01T07:48:36Z")
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### Author: ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-august-gripes/726712/14 "2015-08-02T01:23:00Z")

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From last month:

> [@July is the longest month for mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-is-the-longest-month-for-mini-rants/723957/505):
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> And _sight_ vs. _site_, or _four_ vs. _for_ vs. _fore_, or _to, too, two_, even _or_ vs. _oar_.
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> I wouldn’t care if I thought this would ever lead to a rational system of spelling for the English language – that would have those words that are pronounced the same spelled the same – but I don’t think this will do that.

Given the many threads on “how do you pronounce…” and that nobody seems to agree on how to transcribe their own pronuciations, I’m afraid I agree that it’s not gonna happen.

Mind you, having different pronunciations by region seems to happen in a lot of languages. I don’t know enough to tell about the transcription issue.

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