For a language written using an alphabet, English is amazingly unphonetic
By
Vynce
on March 08, 2007
Don't we all feel better?
(don't try to use "unphonetic" in Scrabble.)
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I'm curious baout your disagreement here, D'Archangel.
Vynce; I'm laying 3 to 1 odds that he's feeling that way due to the use of 'unphonetic' as opposed to 'aphonetic'.
i'll take those odds, presuming you mean his feelings before reading your comment.
For a language written using an alphabet, English is amazing at having a second alphabet of phonetic characters.
(IPA, anyone? The IPA way should become the English Alphabet.)
What part of "I" don't you understand? ( :
The International Phonetic Alphabet is not just for English and, in fact, every language written using an alphabet also has the IPA for writing it phonetically.