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Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Nature of Mature

In some conversations about English pronunciation recently it seems that there is some confusion in the pronunciation of the words “nature” and “mature”. So I searched around and found this limerick which, if you read it aloud, should make things clear – including the English pronunciation!

The Turning Lady Limerick
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A lady can settle a score
By first making a sweet overture;
Then a quick turn of nature
And she’ll suddenly hate y’ur
Which is really not very mature!

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