[an'dZr\e@s r\oUt]:
> For some reason, I've lately heard alot of flak against German's supposed
> orthographical horrors. I don't really see why - it may be less regular
than
> French, but the system is certainly alot less exotic to someone used to
> Swedish orthography (which in turn is more erratic than German), and at
any
> rate it's way simpler than English.
Since German was the first foreign language to which I was exposed, I
was pleasantly surprised at thinking that German had such a _regular_
orthography (compared to English, that is). I still find French much harder
to read than German. I dn't think I had any confusion at all learning the
orthography. What makes people say that?
Jake