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J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: rufio on 2009 July 14, 09:42:25
As for spelling reform, there has been (and still is) a school of thought that English should be phonemic, or something, and that we should just get rid of silent letters or ridiculous spellings from French, and so forth. I don't particularly sympathize with them, not because I like the French spellings and silent letters, but because if you change the way English is spelled then everyone has to re-learn how to read.
You mean like in this classic piece?
I seem to recall that if such proposals were implemented, we would end up speaking German.
Jelenedra:
Gawd, Eddie Izzard. I love that man, but I have to watch him in subtitles. WTF, dude. I bought one of his CDs, I had SEEN the stand up before, but I couldn't understand one word of what he said on the CD.
CheritaChen:
Quote from: Jelenedra on 2009 July 14, 13:47:34
Gawd, Eddie Izzard. I love that man, but I have to watch him in subtitles. WTF, dude. I bought one of his CDs, I had SEEN the stand up before, but I couldn't understand one word of what he said on the CD.
Funny, I have no problem with Eddie's accent. Sometimes I do encounter an accent that makes me feel like an idiot because I know it's still English, but I can't parse it. This happened, I am chagrined to say, the first time I put on the DVD of Trainspotting. I had to read subtitles for the whole beginning monologue, and then again every time Begbie spoke. Fortunately, once I read the words, I could from then on actually hear them, too.
Jelenedra:
He was okay during his newer stand up, where he was wearing all black, instead of the kimono thing? He spoke a lot slower there. And he didn't have 15 minutes of French. =p
rufio:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 July 14, 13:34:11
Quote from: rufio on 2009 July 14, 09:42:25
As for spelling reform, there has been (and still is) a school of thought that English should be phonemic, or something, and that we should just get rid of silent letters or ridiculous spellings from French, and so forth. I don't particularly sympathize with them, not because I like the French spellings and silent letters, but because if you change the way English is spelled then everyone has to re-learn how to read.
You mean like in this classic piece?
I seem to recall that if such proposals were implemented, we would end up speaking German.
Ha - yes, exactly.
To people who think this is a troll, I'd like to point out that more regular MATYzens have had this argument with me in perfect seriousness before.
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