Why "Lincoln" is pronounced like Linking???

English doesn't make sense at all?

SagaSon,
Licoln doesn't sound like Linking, where did you get that from? they have two different sounds to them, and english doesn't always make sence, but if you don't like it, why did you learn it then? tell me that, you have no clue what you're talking about.
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English makes as much sense as it needs to. What you're saying in this thread doesn't make sense. The "o" in "Lincoln" and the "i" in "linking" represent two different vowels. The "n" in "Lincoln" and the "ng" in "linking" represent two different consonants. Don't just throw your hands in the air and proclaim that the language makes no sense. It's up to you: make sense of it.

I am not offending English language .... I am praising it ....
My speech synthetizer reads "Lincoln" as "Linkin", in that case, is "O" in word "Lincoln" sounds like an EE???

MM

(I don't mean to be rude so don't be offended if I sound harsh.)

I NEVER confuse the words Lincoln and Linking. I say "LINK-un" (more like "LINK-en") and "LINK-ing" Never confusing at all. I pretty sure that just about every language has similar sounding words or even words that have double/triple/quadruple definitions, especially Japanese (One of my fave languages) Study it or don't study it. Don't degrade it.

By the way, who have you been talking to? Did they pronounce "linking and "Lincoln" they same because they pronounced one of those words wrong.

Ashley, be nice. Don't get attitudes over silly, petty things. He's an English learner and if he doesn't have a clue give him one. Don't be PO-ed about it. And how can he not ask questions?

To both of you: Most of Spanish doesn't make sense to me. That's just because I don't know it all and they talk too fast for me. I don't degrade the language, SagaSon, and I'm never told that I don't have a clue, Ashley.

I hope you guys aren't older than me as I'm 16 and I'm an idiot. (teenager stereotype) You wouldn't want and idiot teaching you common sense now would you?

Anyway, have fun. And good luck on your English, SagaSon.

MP & BB
Kiani

You wrote your second entry while I was typing my preceding entry. I now know you weren't degrading English and how you came up with the question.

I have a bad way with words and 'degrading' wasn't the word I really wanted to use. (Sorry. Hee hee.)

But really Lincoln and Linking aren't similar on the second syllable.

Kiani

HiyaKiani,

Where are you from? What's your first langugae? Are you a muslim?

"Lincoln" sounds like "Linkin" (as in "Linkin Park"), but not like "Linking".

After all, can a native give me the pronunciation of "Lincoln". Thanks.

Lincoln is a town in England, it comes from the Latin 'Lindum Colonia'.

http://www.roman-britain.org/places/lindum.htm

In English English, the second vowel of Lincoln is a schwa and doesn't rhyme with the second vowel of linking. I think you have to be Eminem for the two to rhyme anyway. Would the real Slim Shady please stand up.

it's pronounced like ling-ken

Sorry SagaSon about getting mad at you, sorry.

help you silk?

Yeah, the "o" in "Lincoln" is like the "i" in "hit," and the second "l" is not pronounced.

lincoln = linkun
linking = linking