Re: Languages
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 7, 2000, 6:41 |
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> 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.
>
That makes me think - I've always been fascinated by the way
French would probably look on paper if it were written down
by a fieldworker. Does anyone know a _good_ description of
spoken French, based on actual speech, with the examples in
IPA?
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org