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> It is "a guess" at best, and that guess won't be correct most of the time, unless you know the word already. And when you don't, you'll be dealing with all ki
by kibwen 4y ago
> It is "a guess" at best, and that guess won't be correct most of the time, unless you know the word already. And when you don't, you'll be dealing with all kinds of Cansas/Arcansas and although/drought/through/bought/cough/enough most of the time.
"Most of the time" is an exaggeration. English is (sadly) less strictly phonetic than many other languages, but still highly phonetic. Nearly every word in your own comment can be pronounced phonetically.
- lIl-IIIl 4y ago"-ough" vs "-ought" are not a problem since they are different, and this there can be a consistent no-exceptions rule distinguish a them. Same as "sch" and "tsch" are pronounced differently in German but are still considered phonetic. Although/through/ebough is a problem tho. I wish the general public cared enuff to push a spelling reform thru.
- yakireev 4y ago> "Most of the time" is an exaggeration. "Most" like "cost", or like "ghost?" Also, only now I checked the transcription for "exaggeration", and "gg" is not "g", like in "blogger", but ʤ like in "Jason". TIL. If this is not "most of the time", than I don't know what is.
- ttfkam 4y agoEnglish is obviously your first language. No one learning English as a second (or more) language would ever make such a ludicrous assertion. https://youtu.be/Mfz3kFNVopk https://youtu.be/Mfz3kFNVopk English is not learned; it's memorized.