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> Van: Barry Garcia <Barry_Garcia@...>
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
> Onderwerp: Re(2): German Spelling Reform (fwd)
> Datum: maandag 9 augustus 1999 14:58
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> Just one of the reasons i gravitated towards Spanish instead of French
> (not to mention i have a better shot of finding a job being bilingual in
> Spanish around here). Since it's fairly regular in spelling, it's much
> easier to remember the rules :). I'm always amazed at how many silent
> letters there are in French, so much so that i cant even begin to know
how
> to pronounce the words (no, i have not studied French one bit, not even
> the phonology).
>
How about Irish? I was told that it has a lot of silent letters as well.
Since we have a lot of Celtic enthousiast on the list, can you give me
examples of Irish with silent letters?
Rob