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> There also isn't one for "w", yet we get by with that as a letter. Warning: Tangential rant ahead. I'm teaching my toddler to read (Distar alphabet). Even
by lelanthran 3y ago
> There also isn't one for "w", yet we get by with that as a letter.
Warning: Tangential rant ahead.
I'm teaching my toddler to read (Distar alphabet).
Even with the modified alphabet, it's a chore to "know" how to pronounce a letter.
'a' has at least 4 different pronunciations in words used by toddlers: apple, came, eat, bread.
All the vowels are like that, and even some consonants ('y' has at the very least: baby, yesterday, cycle, buy)
The only well-behaved letter in English is 'x': pronounced the same wherever you see it, as 'cks'[1].
[1] For toddlers, anyway. I doubt a 4-year old would be interested in LaTeX :-)
- __float 3y agoUnless it's at the beginning of a word, like xylophone?
- ssl-3 3y agoThe only rule in English is that there is an exception to every rule (including this one).
- lelanthran 3y ago> Unless it's at the beginning of a word, like xylophone? Well, we didn't cover sounding out of `ph` yet, and it isn't a toy he has, so thankfully it is not a word he uses.