Why isnt Radar pronounced as "Ruh-Dar"?

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Ripe Leggings — 1 year ago(July 01, 2024 10:04 AM)

People say "Ray" even though there isn't a Y
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/.​ — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 12:50 AM)

Because the "ra" part comes from "radio waves."
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MovieManCin2 — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 08:27 AM)

Ra is pronounced "ray".
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Ripe Leggings — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 08:33 AM)

So we can call Ramen noodles "Ray-Men"?
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MovieManCin2 — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 08:37 AM)

No. One of the oddities of the English language.
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Ripe Leggings — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 08:55 AM)

Well you can be like me and change it to fit how it should sound.
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MovieManCin2 — 1 year ago(July 03, 2024 04:30 AM)

Okay, you have my permission to call it
"Ruh-Dar".
One question, next time you're on a boat, what are you going to call the thing in the water that steers the boat?
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Ripe Leggings — 1 year ago(July 03, 2024 06:28 AM)

A 'rud-der'
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MovieManCin2 — 1 year ago(July 03, 2024 09:39 AM)

MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

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Lara Croft — 1 year ago(July 02, 2024 01:32 PM)

It's Yankee ****, always complicated
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