For English grammar lovers...

[CLee]

Won't = (pronounced with a long O sound) contraction of "will not"

Want = (pronounced with a soft a sound) in need of, to desire.

[Trigga187]

I personally don't discredit forigners(spelled wrong) for not knowing proper english.. Personally I don't even know proper english... They say english is the hardest language to learn because so many words mean the samething, and so many words mean different things.. So it's alright to not know proper english if your not from an english speaking country..

[DMartin]

This is a tough one. Especially, living in Texas, where ALL words sound different than they should. However, most everyone here has described the proper pronunciations correctly: won't has the long O sound (which means it sounds like the name of the letter O); want has the short O sound which is more like "ah" (as in cop, hop, pot). Oh, and by the way, a contraction IS a word.

I also agree with the comments made about non-English speaking people -- you all [i0080e]write[/i0080e] better English than most American's (or at least Texans) speak. While English is the most difficult language to learn, it also seems true that it is more difficult for English speaking people to learn other languages. I work with young children learning to read and spell, and for some it is very difficult, because the phonics rules just don't always apply.

[TC]

hell, some american-born people can't speak [i7c0bc]or[/i7c0bc] write english, as evidenced by:

[color=olive7c0bc]George[/size7c0bc][/color7c0bc]

[tykeal]

Actually I think George is an alien. I don't believe that would make him american (and by alien I don't me a person from another country on terra).