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Re: Languages

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, November 6, 2000, 14:11
En réponse à DOUGLAS KOLLER <LAOKOU@...>:

> > But going solely by phonetics, there is also no way to predict which > adjectives are going to drop final consonants and which aren't. I, at > least, > see no predictable system emerge when I notice that: > > /Sod/ goes to /So/ (hot), but /Ryd/ remains /Ryd/ (rough) > /las/ goes to /la/ (weary), but /lis/ remains /lis/ (smooth) > /p@tit/ goes to /p@ti/ (small), but /bRyt/ remains /bRyt/ (raw) > /mHEt/ goes to /mHE/ (mute), but /bEt/ remains /bEt/ (stupid) > > etc., etc. etc. >
Very true, but that's just the way the French language is. The only thing that you're proving is that the French spelling is not that stupid as it manages to make something quite complex look easy. But that doesn't change the nature of the spoken language: you cannot describe a spoken language with consideration that have more to do with orthography. Christophe.