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What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: Allie
Date: August 21, 2018, 10:48 am
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Do you hate English pronunciation? Do you think it makes no
sense? This is how it would be if English were phonetically
consistent.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zWWp0akUU&t=19s
Do you like how it sounds?
Is it any better?
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: August 21, 2018, 11:21 am
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Funny, but they miss the point: the pronunciation could stay;
only some letters need to be added to the alphabet.
But seriously, I don't understand what's the big deal. There are
general rules to it, right? One just needs to learn them. That's
it.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: SHL
Date: August 21, 2018, 12:53 pm
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@Allie
What language do you speak? What’s so great about how it sounds?
As to spelling, forget trying to make sense of any of it. It’s a
waste of time. The spellings are just totally random. I learned
to spell by just visual memory. Does it look right? That’s the
only way to do it because it otherwise is impossible to
formulate rules about it.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: Allie
Date: August 21, 2018, 1:22 pm
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Hahaha, I don’t think this video is intended to be taken
seriously.
But you may struggle more or less with pronunciation in English
depending on your native language.
I think it’s normal when you are learning a language (especially
if it’s your first foreign one) to compare it to your own or to
other languages you know (What if all letters were pronounced in
French? / What if German didn’t have declensions? / What if
Spanish had less conjugations?), but you overcome this kind of
thing as you get more and more used to it.
@Frog Lady
Have no idea about rules. I just got used to both spelling and
pronunciation and I definitely make mistakes.
“Donegal” and “Sligo” are always a problem.
@SHL
My native language definitely doesn’t sound great. Especially
not in my accent.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: Allie
Date: August 21, 2018, 1:26 pm
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Ops, forgot to add. I actually like the way English sounds.
I do have favourite accents, but in general, I don't think it is
"ugly".
As for the version spoken in the video I am happy people don't
speak like that.
It sounds a lot like people starting to learn English.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: SHL
Date: August 21, 2018, 1:27 pm
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Like I said, forget spelling rules. There really are none. You
just have to memorize the spelling.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: August 21, 2018, 1:27 pm
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--- Quote from: Allie link ---
>
> more used to it.
>
> @Frog Lady
> Have no idea about rules. I just got used to either spelling
and pronunciation and I definitely make mistakes.
> “Donegal” and “Sligo” are always a problem.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Well, I flushed all of this from my memory, but I'm pretty sure
there is a rule that says that single vowels between consonants
are pronounced as short sounds if there is no other vowel after
the last consonant (lid as opposed to like), that you pronounce
apple the way you do because it is followed by double pp, not
like in ape, stuff like that. There are rules, guys. Don't make
me look it up, I don't feel like it.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: Allie
Date: August 21, 2018, 1:41 pm
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"Well, I flushed all of this from my memory... Don't make me
look it up, I don't feel like it."
Nah. Nevermind.
I think I learned something like that at school many years ago,
but haven't thought about it in years, so I probably won't start
now
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: KingSlayer
Date: August 21, 2018, 2:03 pm
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I'm looking forward to the time that Spanish becomes lingua
franca. It sounds a lot better than English.
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Re: What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
DIR By: Aliph
Date: August 21, 2018, 3:05 pm
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Funny video indeed. Pronunciation in English is just harder than
in many languages.
French is also boring, especially when there are similar words.
I never know how to write onions (= oignons) when I make a
grocery list, I have to look it up on the dictionary.
Spanish as a lingua Franca would be great.
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