Tips & tricks
4. Letters sounding like other letters or groups of letters
The key to linking words and expressions is often the sound rather than the spelling of a word. This is because the memory can store sounds more easily than combinations of letters so when you first see a word it is not patently clear that the individual letters or syllables can make a different sound.
i.e Tibia could also be spelt 'to be here' or 'ta beer' or 'tabby eh' or 'tub ear'
Most alternative sounds for letters and combination of letters are commonplace but just saying a letter or syllable over and over again in your mind or out load can trigger another possibility. I'll just give you a couple of examples but the list is endless...
a - ay, ah and at the end of a word... er & ar
th - f, v
ua - ewer, you are, oo er, oo ah, who are, hoo-ha
The following example illustrates the first 4 tips very nicely...
Stonehenge was built in 3000bc
The alternatives for these syllables are...
| Stone | Henge | Three | Thou | sand |
| Stain | Hinge | Free | Vow | send |
| Stein | Ange | Throw | Towels | end |
| Sloane | Penge | For he | Fowls | and |
The first adulterer in the Roman times was Angela Slappera and the ad read...'Come and stone Ange - free towels and soap for a blow to the head!!!
