system
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ELI5: Why are 'do' and 'don't' pronounced differently? If 'do' is pronounced 'doo', shouldn't 'don't' (do not) be pronounced 'doont'?
gpt
It's just one of those quirks of the English language. "Won't", for "will not", adds an 'o' before the 'n', which makes even less sense. Languages change over time, and clunky pronunciations like "doon't" or "willn't" get smoothed down to easy pronunciations.