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Try to read The Chaos aloud to demonstrate that you, too, do not know how to pronounce English: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html https://ncf.idallen.com/eng
by btilly 3y ago
Try to read The Chaos aloud to demonstrate that you, too, do not know how to pronounce English: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Just as an example, did you know that the placement of a comma can change the pronunciation of a word? It can, and that poem has an example where it does!
- gilleain 3y agoWhich is where, exactly. It is not obvious :)
- btilly 3y agoI'll give a hint that people can choose not to try to read if they want to find it for themselves. ¿qɹǝʌ ɐ ɹo lɐɯᴉuɐ uɐ ,,sǝop,, sI
- lainga 3y agoSorry... just imagine this comment in 2pt font... Ԁɹ uᴉ ʇᴉ ƃuᴉpɐǝɹ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns ǝɹ,noʎ ʇǝƃ noʎ ǝɔuo ʎsɐǝ sʇǝƃ ʇI ¿ʇsǝʇ lɐǝɹ ɐ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns ʇᴉ sᴉ
- amenhotep 3y agoI take pedantic exception to that - the comma isn't changing the pronunciation of a word, it's changing the structure of the sentence so that where before context made it clear that word A was meant, now it's homonym word B is the only option. It's not one word changing its pronunciation, it's two words that are written the same but pronounced differently. Very important distinction. It would be interesting to know if there was an actual case where a comma changed the pronunciation of a word.