Last night I was watching a British comedy and I heard a character saying "I want to see the sea". The other said: "You can see the sea". I pressed the rewind button of the remote control to hear it again and I didn't notice any difference between see and sea. Both sounds like "see".
Now I've just heard the words on howjsay website and still can't notice difference. Did I miss something?
Thanks for your attention.
Now I've just heard the words on howjsay website and still can't notice difference. Did I miss something?
Thanks for your attention.
Hi,
The listener will assume the speaker is saying something that makes sense, so will understand it as 'see the sea'. Then the speaker will have to say 'That's not what I meant', and explain why he is speaking nonsense.
The grammar, and the context in which something is said, normally makes the meaning very clear.
For example, I say 'I went for a swim in the sea'.
The listener is not going to think
Clive said 'I went for a swim in the see'', oh my God, what does he mean?
Best wishes, Clive
The listener will assume the speaker is saying something that makes sense, so will understand it as 'see the sea'. Then the speaker will have to say 'That's not what I meant', and explain why he is speaking nonsense.
The grammar, and the context in which something is said, normally makes the meaning very clear.
For example, I say 'I went for a swim in the sea'.
The listener is not going to think
Clive said 'I went for a swim in the see'', oh my God, what does he mean?
Best wishes, Clive
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[However, see is also a noun meaning the center of authority [Sea of Rome = pope's jurisdiction]. I'm sure there would be no confusion.]
see is like when you watch something and sea is like an ocean.