Re: Esperantist lies (Re: Learning a language)

From: LEE Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: 19 Jul 2004 08:30:06 +0200

>>>>> "Sean" == Sean O'Leathlobhair <jwlawler@yahoo.com> writes:

    Sean> Not just the development of the names of their letters but
    Sean> their sounds where they used to be long.
 
>> A more difficult one is: sulphite vs. sulphide. (American
>> English: replace "ph" by "f".)

    Sean> My chemistry is rusty but I think that "sulphite" and
    Sean> "sulphide" are different radicals (chemical sense).

Of course! That's why it is important to pronounce them differently.
Sulphide is S^-. Sulphite is SO3^2-. Sulphate is SO4^2-.
[svlfaid], [svlf@it], [svlfeit]. 

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