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Being German, I find the idea interesting, though not without flaws. There will have to be lots of exceptions to your proposed rule (s before consonant is spoke
by wolfgke 11y ago
Being German, I find the idea interesting, though not without flaws. There will have to be lots of exceptions to your proposed rule (s before consonant is spoken "sch"), where the s has to be spoken "as usual":
"sk": Skelett (skeleton) or Skunk (skunk)
"sl": Slowenien, Slowakei (slovenia, slovakia)
"sm": Smaragd (emerald), Smegma
- legulere 11y agoThose are foreign loanwords, the same exists with St- and Sp-: Spa, Spin, Sputnik, Steak, Stigma, Stewardess You will always end up with some exceptions if you don't write fully phonetically, which isn't possible because there are differences in pronunciation. p.s.: schk doesn't really exist as sk shifted to sch (which is why the reason we write sch): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift#.2Fs.2F_.3E_.2F.CA.83.2F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift#.2...