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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sure we did that. But look at how you spell and pronounce them ! What a slaughter.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    French people will see a 10-letter word and pronounce it as a single syllable. No language is particularly good in this respect, English is just the most common target of criticism for this

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think phonetic alphabets are a pretty good idea (though I suppose they're mostly phonemic).

    I'm surprised more people don't make fun of abjads.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There are some languages that use strictly phonetic writing systems. Cherokee (indigenous American language) and Esperanto (constructed international auxiliary language) come to mind, but I'm sure there are others. None of the major world languages (English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, Standard Chinese) are perfectly phonetic.

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