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Re: OT: Slightly OT: French as a second language

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 21, 2001, 22:57
Dan Sulani wrote:
> Still, in my kids' opinion, even with all the unpronounced "heh"s and > "aleph"s > and " 'ayin"s, among other things, Hebrew is still written closer to the way > it is pronounced than is English.
And from what you say, it sounds like you can predict the pronunciation completely from the spelling, it's only the other direction that has problems. Whereas English is difficult in both directions. -- ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>