Rouges sux!

[Mikaze]

Why are you complaining about the rogue/rouge issue when there is a far more serious issue that NEVER gets the attention it deserves?

IT'S and ITS

Their they're, freind. They're their...

 

[Legildur]

Oh you are such a wroag!!

 

[Samuel Leming]

Now that I've got your attention, I'll get right to it: many of us find it hard to spell 'rogue' correctly, and I've found a solution. If you're not sure how to spell it 'properly,' spell it as ROGE. Heck, spell it as ROGE even if you do remember the 'proper' spelling! 'Cause let's be honest; a U has no place in that word, unless we're creating a slang term for a small elemental man who acts outside the social norms of his people.

Argh!

There are many exceptions in the English language and rogue ISN'T one of them. That U belongs there. It's a working U. It's purpose is to make sure that the G is pronounced as a hard G. Doing that it allows that E to act on the O making it a long O. If you keep those standard rules in mind you'll never misspell rogue again.

If you just drop the U, then people are going to pronounce the G as a soft G since the E will work on it by default. Whether you get a long O or a soft O from that will depend on regional dialect. Anyway roge looks French, not English. Rowjay?

Tequila, if you're not a native speaker of English then please take the above as a friendly attempt to help. If you are a native speaker of English, then may a hoard of rabid squirrels find your nuts!

 

[Tequila Sunrise]

Why are you complaining about the rogue/rouge issue when there is a far more serious issue that NEVER gets the attention it deserves?

IT'S and ITS

You have a point. I chose rogue just because it's a common D&D word.

Tequila, if you're not a native speaker of English then please take the above as a friendly attempt to help. If you are a native speaker of English, then may a hoard of rabid squirrels find your nuts!

In reality, I am a native speaker and I never forget how to spell rogue. Or most of the other English words that are spelled nothing like the way they're pronounced. Anyway, could you give me an example of this 'soft G'?

PS: My underpants have the Heavy Fortificatin quality.

 

[FriarRosing]

Riddle me this, then.

Why is get pronounced with a hard G?

 

[amethal]

If you are a native speaker of English, then may a hoard of rabid squirrels find your nuts!

I knew it was only a matter of time before somebody came up with my pet hate in this thread!

 

[Derulbaskul]

(snip) spell it as ROGE. Heck, spell it as ROGE even if you do remember the 'proper' spelling! (snip)

No, this is not a solution. It's an attempt at Americanising the word. Once you do that, the word loses its meaning. ROGE will end up meaning paladin (the pre-4E lawful good sort... see, the Americans have started their assault on the word, paladin, too with the onset of 4E).

The only real solution is punishment. I live in Singapore so I know that this is the only real solution to any problem. The unrepentant must be punished... nay, scourged and flayed within an inch of their lives!

 

[Derulbaskul]

Riddle me this, then.

Why is get pronounced with a hard G?

For the same reason you don't spell FISH as GHOTI.

 

[Samuel Leming]

In reality, I am a native speaker and I never forget how to spell rogue. Or most of the other English words that are spelled nothing like the way they're pronounced.

Rogue is spelled so as to guarantee(there's that U again) a non-ambiguous pronunciation. So I really don't agree with your second sentence there.

I'm happy to hear that that you're a better speller than I am. My spelling sucks. That's why I have to remember the rules.

Anyway, could you give me an example of this 'soft G'?

I'll give you two. Rouge & Roger.

PS: My underpants have the Heavy Fortificatin quality.

Dude... Way too much information.

Are those really the kind of nuts squirrels are most associated with?

Riddle me this, then.

Why is get pronounced with a hard G?

That's one of the many exceptions English is plagued(there's that U again) by. My guess as to why would be tradition. Its Norse origins, relation to the word 'got' and that the word jet has been in the English vocabulary for centuries.

 

[Samuel Leming]

I knew it was only a matter of time before somebody came up with my pet hate in this thread!

Hoard: A collection of valuable objects.

Are you telling me you don't value squirrels?

Yeah, anyway, you got me there.