It’s very strange, but did you know
Shoe will never rhyme with toe?
And foot will never sound like boot
Boot’s like suit and flute and fruit;
Foot’s like put and feet’s like seat;
Great’s like eight but not
like eat;
Work is not pronounced like fork.
Fork’s like walk and also talk.
Why is beard not like heard?
Why does bird rhyme with word?
This is what I’ve sometimes found:
Spelling’s often not like sound.
ENGLISH
PRONUNCIATION IN USE (Intermediate)
Cambridge (Mark Hancock)
Shoe will never rhyme with toe????