Re: E and e (was: A break in the evils of English (or, Sturnan is beautiful))
| From: | Y.Penzev <isaacp@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 26, 2002, 10:52 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:00 PM
> And I don't know of any
> language that has [E] without [e], while I do know the contrary.
On phonematic level, Ukrainian has only /E/ and /O/, though they are
realized phonetically in some (maily unstressed) positions as [e] (or even
smth average between [e] and [I]) and [o]. There is a rule in Ukrainian
spelling (which is almost 100% phonematic) that to know what letter to
choose between two opportunities, pick up a form of the word that puts this
sound into a strong position: for vowels it means stressed. And |e| and |o|
are pronounced only as [E] and [O] while stressed!
> So spare me with your "logic",
> when it makes spellings that will be confusing for nearly everyone!
Yea, logic is inconsistent with the very nature of languages. As a Russian
proverbs says, What is good for a Russian, brings a German to death.
> Christophe.
Cheers,
Yitzik the Snakie
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