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Why is one pronounced as "wan", not "oh-ne"?
Why are the spelling and pronunciation of "one" so strange?
RatedG²
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Post #2
Because in English we don't sound out every letter individually
H-I-M
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Post #3
French people pronounce it the other way. Meuricans always have to do everything differently in the most weird ways.
TheGreatMrY
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Post #4
It's not
It's pronounced like "wuhn"
Speezy
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TheGreatMrY
It's not
It's pronounced like "wuhn"
Dis!
UFO
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Post #6
Because it sounds nice idk
Suede
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Originally posted by
H-I-M
French people pronounce it the other way.
Meuricans
always have to do everything differently in the most weird ways.
americans didn't invent english hunty.....
Maneater
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Post #8
who says 'wan'?
eddytws
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Post #9
When I try to google about this, I found this website asking the exact same question
http://english.stackexchange.com/que...-wan-not-oh-ne
Doc
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H-I-M
French people pronounce it the other way. Meuricans always have to do everything differently in the most weird ways.
The French don't pronounce it "oh-ne"
RatedG²
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Doc
The French don't pronounce it "oh-ne"
H-I-M
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Doc
The French don't pronounce it "oh-ne"
Don't @ me.
BabyCantYouSee
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H-I-M
French people pronounce it the other way. Meuricans always have to do everything differently in the most weird ways.
You mean "un"?
Shaliydah88
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Tha clock.
NX127
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H-I-M
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BabyCantYouSee
You mean "un"?
They obviously don't pronounce one as un, but toofunny me tho.
Nait Phoenix
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Post #17
Actually, should it sound like "own"? Why does it need to be two syllables in your definition of the pronunciation? And for that matter, why isn't "two" pronounced like "twoo" or "two" like it's spelled or four pronounced like "foor"?
M-D-N-A
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Post #18
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Maneater
who says 'wan'?
Japanese. The katakana of "one" is ワン which is read as "wan"
rbautz
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H-I-M
They obviously don't pronounce one as un, but toofunny me tho.
We Germans don't even have letters to pronounce your numero uno.
But we can display une like ün
jonasha
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What is wrong with you gays?
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It's pronounced like "wuhn"
We Germans don't even have letters to pronounce your numero uno.
