Re: double o's in English

From: Harlan Messinger (hmessinger.removethis_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 07:50:38 -0400

uiesperanto@aol.com (Dmitri) wrote:

>>From: "Peter T. Daniels"
>
>>But it would be better to pronounce it correctly.
>>--
>
>Yes, but God forbid that we should make it easier for people to learn the
>proper pronunciation of words by e.g. spelling the long sound "uu" and the
>short one "oo".............

Speakers of a language learn most of their vocabulary and its proper
pronunciation aurally. What you are advocating is that a language's
spelling system be designed for the benefit of non-speakers of the
language. 

-- 
Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ๔ter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

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