ah/ awe

[Tom Zurinskas]

I was talking about making pronunciation fit the spelling to better fit the
letter/sound correspondence for learners.  Pronunciation seems changeable.
I don't think it's possible to change spelling to any great extent.  It's
too ingrained.  Though I have seen a few words such as kwik, rite, luv and
the such.  Maybe texting will have an effect someday.  Wouldn't that be gr8?

Tommy the troll



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>What I don't understand is why, if the quixotic quest for making spelling
>and
>pronunciation exactly the same, is this guy's only concern, how can he
>pronounce "rot" and "dog" with different vowels?
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