I am wondering why "steak" is pronounced as [steyk] instead of having the "ea" phoneme pronounced as in creak[kreek], cheap[cheep], meat[meet]...
Is it an exception or is there a rule for when to pronounce it one way or the other?
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How do you pronounce great? – Glorfindel Feb 21 '17 at 08:51
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1If rules to cover every peculiarity of English were devised and published, the necessary volume would make CGEL look tiny. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 21 '17 at 11:07