Ok, Ok...so here's a question:
Were English words that are "exceptions to the rule" EVER pronounced the way they're spelled?
E.g. Usually when there are two vowels right next to each other, the first is a long sound, and the second is silent. Let's take the word "reach" - the "e" is long, the "a" is silent.
But what about words like "their" and "said." Did these ever follow the rule (theer, or sade?), and they just evolved into short vowel sounds??? No wonder people get confused when they have to learn English as a second language!
Anyway...
Word For the Day (according to Collins English Dictionary. Yes, that's British):
hooey ('hu:i) n. Slang. nonsense.
I, personally, have never heard it before. | 
