LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.07 (04) [E]

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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.07 (01) [E]

Kevin wrote:

> I too do not understand how a phonemic spelling system for English could
be
> devised without regard to dialectal differences.  I remember how surprised
I
> was when I ran across a list of words with "silent letters" - it was a
list
> of the English alphabet and words for each letter in which that letter is
> silent.  For the letter "L", they listed words like "walk" and "talk."  I
> thought, "The 'L' in 'walk' and 'talk' isn't silent!"  Then I started to
> listen carefully to other people's pronunciation of those words and began
to
> notice for the first time in my life that most people do _not_ pronounce
the
> 'L' in those words!

That reminds me of an argument I sometimes have with my (US-American)
husband; he thinks it's hilarious that I put a little "r" sound at the end
of the word "idea". Well, that's how I learned it in school (British
English, in a German school), and that's how I remember people pronouncing
it in England and Scotland. So,do they or don't they?

Gabriele Kahn

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