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folk's got kind of one of those almost Ls.
No l in folk /'foʊk/, unless I am intentionally mispronouncing it as a joke. No dark l in there either.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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but what have we learned from all of this?
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sparteye got us going for six pages of comment, at least.
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but what have we learned from all of this?That ad hoc pronunciation based on English spelling are worse than the English spelling system itself. No wait, I already knew that. That the pronunciation of approximant consonants ( link) is a complicated affair. No wait, I already knew that. I guess I've learned nothing from this thread, but it has reinforced my awe in the face of all facets of language. No wait, you all knew that already.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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You knew more than I knew, but you already knew that.
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so talk and tak would sound the same? how about walk and wak and wok?talk /tak/ = branch tak (?) tack /teak = type of wood walk wak (?) = hole in the ice whack /węk/ wok / = type of cooking pan  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course I do appreciate that at least one of you all shows spontanious knowledge of Dutch.
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Dutch treat means everyone pays his/her own bill at a
restaurant.
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Too bad if we knew it all already or some of it at least..I was here for the discussion and Loved it
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Too bad if we knew it all already Does anybody else say a'ready? [here we go again e]
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