English spelling and pronunciation is different
Why is English spelling and pronunciation different?
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Giselberga wrote:English spelling and pronunciation is different
Why is English spelling and pronunciation different?
linguoboy wrote:Giselberga wrote:English spelling and pronunciation is different
Why is English spelling and pronunciation different?
Different from what?
atalarikt wrote:linguoboy wrote:Giselberga wrote:English spelling and pronunciation is different
Why is English spelling and pronunciation different?
Different from what?
I think Giselberga meant that many English words sound different from how they're written.
Giselberga, have you ever heard about the Great Vowel Shift?
atalarikt wrote:linguoboy wrote:Giselberga wrote:English spelling and pronunciation is different
Why is English spelling and pronunciation different?
Different from what?
I think Giselberga meant that many English words sound different from how they're written.
Giselberga wrote:Yes
because of great vowel shift, some people think English spelling and pronunciation is different
enricmm wrote:Because the day they thought how not to use an alphabetic writing system English was missing.
linguoboy wrote:enricmm wrote:Because the day they thought "how not to use an alphabetic writing system ", English was missing.
Ciarán12 wrote:linguoboy wrote:enricmm wrote:Because the day they thought "how not to use an alphabetic writing system ", English was missing.
Better now?
enricmm wrote:even when we only look at writing systems that somehow intend to reflect the actual spelling (Tibetan and its abugida being also really crazy from what I've heard).
But when we take a look to the languages that use full alphabets it's difficult finding a language that does a worse job than English
and a good example of this is that a concept such as spell bee cannot be translated into Spanish, German, etc. because writing with proper orthography is nothing special in these languages. I mean the concept can't even be translated into French despite the French speakers also paying a lot of attention into writing with proper orthography, for the gods'* sake!
enricmm wrote:And people don't take a comment said jokingly so seriously. But like all jokes it contains a little bit of truth.
enricmm wrote:English and its weird obsession with reflecting how words were spelled in Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Ancient Greek and what not instead of reflecting how words are spelled by its speakers nowadays is a clear example on how not to use an alphabetic writing system.
enricmm wrote:But when we take a look to the languages that use full alphabets it's difficult finding a language that does a worse job than English and a good example of this
enricmm wrote:a concept such as spell bee cannot be translated into Spanish, German, etc. because writing with proper orthography is nothing special in these languages. I mean the concept can't even be translated into French despite the French speakers also paying a lot of attention into writing with proper orthography, for the gods'* sake!
enricmm wrote:When you use an alphabetic writing system and even those with the highest levels of education struggle with figuring out the pronunciation of a word they've never encountered before to the point of getting it wrong in many occasions, it's time for you to acknowledge that you have a problem with your orthography.
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