shone/shined

In speech, though, there's no difference between a comma and a semicolon, so they would be ambiguous -- the same way that homophones are distinguishable in writing but not in speech.

I see your point, Pos, but the fact remains that "shined" just sounds better to me...

- Kef

in that song Britney pronounces /ei/ as /{i/

''oh baby baby''

({ is the vowel in General American PASS, LAST, CAP)

Is this affected pronunciation?