[Ads-l] pronunciation mess
Chris Waigl
chris at LASCRIBE.NET
Tue May 24 16:36:30 UTC 2016
This poem pops up a lot among European learners of English as a foreign language.
We had little contests among ourselves back in the 90s trying to read out the whole thing without stumbling, and teachers use it to keep a bored advanced kid busy.
Chris
On 23 May 2016, at 15:50, David Daniel <dad at COARSECOURSES.COM> wrote:
> I've seen parts of this before, but nothing this complete re nonsensical
> English pronunciation.
> http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/02/17/english-pronunciation-poem/#.VsXDG2kt8m4
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