Re: OT: Slightly OT: French as a second language
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 21, 2001, 16:01 |
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:30:58 +0200 Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
writes:
> 3. And let's not forget the spelling, a topic of extreme
> youthful
> anguish often heard in our home. ;-) Hebrew is spelled a lot more
> like it is pronounced than English is.
> Typical rant in our home: "Why are there 50 million ways to
> spell(and they pronounce /i/)? If it sounds like (pronounced
> /i/), it should be written "i" and be done with it!"
> Dan Sulani
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Do you know why they picked "i" for /i/, and not another spelling version
of the sound, like "ee"? They don't know IPA, do they? ;-)
-Stephen (Steg)
"help! the hamster is eating my shoelaces!"
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