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From Mark Rosenfelder (https://www.zompist.com/spell.html https://www.zompist.com/spell.html): > Many people expect … to predict the spelling from the pronunci
by bradrn 6y ago
From Mark Rosenfelder (https://www.zompist.com/spell.html https://www.zompist.com/spell.html):
> Many people expect … to predict the spelling from the pronunciations-- not realizing that few orthographies meet this goal. It's far from true of Spanish, for instance, which is often held up as an example of a good orthography. I stopped fervently admiring Spanish orthography when I saw a sign in a Mexican bakery with about one spelling mistake every third word.
So, no, hardly bijective!
- jgwil2 6y agoWell, rules can be simple and there can be few exceptions and people will still screw up, so I don't think that anecdote proves anything. In any case, my claim is that there is exactly one possible pronunciation per correctly spelled Spanish word. The opposite direction is not quite 1:1, but again, it's very close, and anyway it's far closer than English.
- bradrn 6y agoSure, that I can agree with.