Re: English notation
| From: | Tom Tadfor Little <tom@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 29, 2001, 15:17 |
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Tristan wrote:
> > Ie think dhis iz sumwut mor reed'b'l for Eenglish speekerz. It reeliez on
>
>I'll be calm. Okay. I think I can manage it. DON"T CONFUSE AMERICAN ENGLISH
>WITH
>ENGLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>(etc).
<grins>
Okey dokey.
But, alas, one can't do phonetic writing without choosing *some*
accent--and, like it or not, American English has become the dominant form
of the language today.
>Try
>
> Ie think dhis iz sumwot maw reed'b'l faw Inglish speek'z. It reliez on
Nah. It's a step in the wrong direction. Everyone is used to the "r"s in
the written language, and a good many of us are used to speaking them and
hearing them too. Dropping them just defers to one sort of accent without
enhancing comprehension at all.
Cheers, Tom
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Tom Tadfor Little tom@telp.com
Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
Telperion Productions www.telp.com
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