Re: Chinese dictation
From: Bart Mathias (bartmathias_at_verizon.net)
Date: 11/20/04
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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:18:00 GMT
LEE Sau Dan wrote:
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> How would that be different from you deciding whether to write "see"
> or "sea" when you here the word? When people say "trade fair", would
> you misspell the second word as "fare"? Maybe, you could mix up
> "fairy tale" with "ferry tail" out of context? But how likely is that
> in real life?
Maybe it's rude to point out that there's a real, and common, example
right there.
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