SCRABBLE

One of the board games I like to play is scrabble, there are lot of various ways to play the game, but I like the original rules once a person places a triple or double word score the extra bonus points become delinquent to the other players.This way people will play all over the board instead of staying in the same area.

But if a person is playing with their foreign friends they will have to realize; If the words sound the same doesn't mean they are spelled the same. For example: 'An American gentleman traveled, and a British gentleman travelled' 

On Halloween an America kid puts on a mask, while a British kid puts on a maskque, there is also a bank check (American) and bank cheque (British)

Now let's try German. When an Americans plays shoe, the German would play Schuh (they both are pronounce the same) and remember the German 'J' sounds like a English 'y' the words below mean the same thing and pronounce the same in German and English, except they are spelled differently.

                      American- German
                           young -  jung
                         English-Englisch
                              fish-  Fisch
                            swine- Schwine
                              mine- mein
                               beer- Bier
                         October -Oktober 
                             uncle  -Onkel
                             yodel - jodel
                      December -Dezember
                             house -Haus
                             mouse- Maus
                                 man -Mann
                                 here -hier
                               brown -braun
                                green -grun
                                    fat  -fett
                                    tea  -Tee
Also when a noun is use their plurals are different on 'minute' Americans add an 'S" while Germans add a 'N"
                             minutes-mintuen but in this case they are not pronounce the same;  Minuten is pronounce Min- nute- ton.There are other ways Germans plural their nouns not always with a N or S. 

There are exceptions of the 'J' sounding like a 'Y' in German, for example the word 'job' is pronounced the same in both English and German and means the same thing, and spelled the same.

Now let's try Spanish; Even if the word is spelled the same in both  English and Spanish  and means the same thing; The pronunciations are different, in Spanish 'idiot' is pronounced "Id- dee- oat-Ta" 

Another word that means the same in both Spanish and English but pronounce different is 'general' . We all know that the Spanish 'J' sounds like a 'H',  so does a 'G' if it becomes right before an 'E' making the pronunciation 'Hen-R-Al" 
       click here to heard general in Spainish

Now words do change meanings in time, in the early 50's and 60's the word 'Gay" meant happy and care free. You probably even heard The Flintstones theme song with one lyric saying "We will have a gay old time". (end, fin, ende)  :)