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Phonetic spelling is useless when you’ve got more than one dialect. For instance, consider the word ‘castle’. Is this [kæsɫ̩], or [kɑːsl̩], or [kɑːsu] (as it is
by bradrn 5y ago
Phonetic spelling is useless when you’ve got more than one dialect. For instance, consider the word ‘castle’. Is this [kæsɫ̩], or [kɑːsl̩], or [kɑːsu] (as it is for me), or something else entirely? Having an orthography which is not purely phonetic avoids this problem.
- sergeykish 5y agoTerry Pratchett plays a lot with language, and it is funny > “Mr Vimes," said Mrs Winkings, "ve cannot help but notice that you still haf not employed any of our members in the Vatch..." > Say 'Watch', why don't you? Vimes thought. I know you can. Let the twenty-third letter of the alphabet enter your life.” I am not a native English speaker, yet I decifer everyone execept gargoyles: — e cuns uk ere um-imes an awks oo ugg
- bradrn 5y agoHuh, what a coincidence — I just re-read Thud! a couple of weeks ago! An excellent illustration of my point that phonetic spelling is highly dialect-dependent. (Oh, and don’t worry; I’m a native English speaker, and I can’t understand Pratchett’s gargoyles either.)