Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> En réponse  )Bà Stone Gordonssen :
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> >Yes, they are uncommon. I suspect they began disappearing when the US
> >stopped tyring to teach penmanship in school.
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> Strange. What do you mean by penmanship?
"Writing" in school contexts refers to the skill of writing prose, as
distinct from the skill of putting letters on paper by pen.

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