dogsoahC@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoI, too, like books.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down116
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minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoIt would be so much easier if we had accents over our vowels, like in a lot of languages to indicate which of that vowels sounds was wanted.
minus-squareTheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agohttps://oldenglish.info/advpronunciationguide.html English used to be phonetic, it’s just people started changing the way they pronounced vowels, but the spelling stayed the same. For example, both the k and the gh in “knight” used to be pronounced.
It would be so much easier if we had accents over our vowels, like in a lot of languages to indicate which of that vowels sounds was wanted.
https://oldenglish.info/advpronunciationguide.html
English used to be phonetic, it’s just people started changing the way they pronounced vowels, but the spelling stayed the same. For example, both the k and the gh in “knight” used to be pronounced.