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#179606 - 10/14/08 10:34 PM Phonetic spelling?
stranger
Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario
Hebrew is written phonetically. If you can read it, you can say it. My study of Hebrew has lead me to really appreciate phonetic spellings.
My question is simply this: Given English's place as the lingua franca of the world, would it be wiser to switch to a phonetic rendering of our words in order to make the language more logical and easier to understand?
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#179611 - 10/15/08 12:36 AM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/13/05
Posts: 2270
Loc: R'lyeh
Not really. Unless it's the Tanakh (with its nikodoth), they leave off the vowels. In this sense, Italian or Spanish are more phonetic than Hebrew. A phonemically-based spelling system for English would be better than what we've got, but it's hardly likely to happen in our lifetime.
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#179612 - 10/15/08 06:11 AM
Carpal Tunnel
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#179621 - 10/15/08 05:17 PM
addict
Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 611
Loc: Auckland, New Zealandwill all be with us for a while.
Edited by olly (10/15/08 05:18 PM)
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#179622 - 10/15/08 08:41 PM
old hand
Registered: 02/20/08
Posts: 1067
Loc: Tasmania
Too right, strewth mate and stone the crows!
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#179624 - 10/16/08 01:15 AM
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/27/02
Posts: 2031
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
(oops my cynicism dial needs to be turned down again)
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#180841 - 12/11/08 11:29 AM
old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Land of Flat River
It certainly is becoming such in the USA. As a high school teacher I wish it would have been. Always took off for spelling, probably went through thousands of red pens.
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#180842 - 12/11/08 11:30 AM
old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Land of Flat River
I am told there are 9 pronunciations of the letters 'ough' in English, e.g., cough, though, doughty. Anyone know all nine?
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#180848 - 12/11/08 12:50 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 9400
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I am told there are 9 pronunciations of the letters 'ough' in English, e.g., cough, though, doughty. Anyone know all nine?
nahbut, here are ten according to wikipedia: link
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#180867 - 12/11/08 05:27 PM
old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 830
Loc: Land of Flat River
I really appreciate it. You folks sure do know how to find things. And quickly. I knew there were a bunch and someone told me nine, but Wiki had ten.
Now it goes into my "little black book of useless things to talk about a cocktail parties", and just in time too.
Seriously: I am very appreciative.
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