I agree that this is an unpopular opinion.
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Why would "comsomb" rhyme with "womb" and not "bomb?" "Consume" derives from Latin. Your opinion lacks basic understanding of etymology.
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Next you'll say that "fish" should be spelled "ghoti"
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Okay great, now I'm down a rabbit hole about wombats with their double uteri, triple vaginas, and backwards pouches, because I looked up "wombat womb" ....
Ingliš šud bi vriten fonetikli beisd on mai languadž end vets ve only korekt opinion /j
proper english :3
English should be written phonetically based on my language and that's the only correct opinion
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Do you presume to consume consommé with a spoon in a cwm. Asking for Theodor Geisel.
Idk about you but where I'm from the b is pronounced in womb. Same with comb. Its kinda just cut off though. So like buh without the uh. There's no b sound in consume.
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Resomb, legomb, plomb, flomb...
Woom objects to your opinion.
You're trying to apply logic where none exists
Edit: are you huffing fombs?
I think womb should be the one that should be changed
Fume flume plume resume legume volume perfume presume costume exhume...
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just compounding problems.
konsoom.
woom.
English is dumb.
Whut?
Consoom gang rise up
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You and I certainly pronounce either "consume" or "womb" very differently if those words rhyme for you 😂 where are you from, out of curiosity? No judgement, just curious as I'm not sure I've ever heard an accent where those words rhyme!
i kinda get it actually
Why not consoom? Like zoom?
It has to do with the word coming from French to English. There isn't a b sound in the French word. Sometimes, the weird spellings harken back to French loan words.
My guess is that English speakers spoke it with an accent and it eventually morphed into the modern English pronunciation
I mean, feel free to spell it that way, just be prepared for annoyed snarky people
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I appreciate the absolute nonsense this comment section is filled with
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