A language question

[DragonsLover]

Do you pronounce the word Flood: "Flod" or "Flood"? And for the word Blood? "Blod" or "Blood"?

[G3K]

Yeah, they're pronounced as they're spelt.

[DragonsLover]

So, Flood = "Flood" and Blood = "Blood"?

[Andi]

I thought Blood is pronounced like Blod or so. :-/

[DragonsLover]

Yep, but why Flood is pronounced like Flood and Blood is pronounced like Blod if both are written with 2 o?

[Andi]

I think every natural language has its own strangeness.

[Louise]

They're pronounced 'blud' and 'flud'.

[DragonsLover]

Huh... huh...  O_o  O_o

[Liebatron]

blood.  Pronounced bl, then an uh sound (oo equals uh.  Sometimes it equals the letter U without the "y" part, as in "food")

flood.  same as blood, but with fl in front.

[DragonsLover]

Ok!

[namida]

Louise provided the simplest and best explaination by far. In fact, mine to DragonsLover (on MSN) was exactly the same, even though I hadn't read it.