Klarinet Archive - Posting 000446.txt from 2004/03
From: <tony-w@------.co.uk> Subj: Re: [kl] English and American Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 14:57:58 -0500
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From: <tony-w@------.co.uk>
> No it won`t - I`ll bet you all of these 'rules' has only 'pronunciation'
at
> it`s origins. Spelling MUST be of secondary importance. It`s possible to
> corrupt the pronunciation of ALL your examples without the doubling of the
> final consonant. Without correct pronunciation, we misunderstand.
> A
Illogical reply - spelling IS important as we could be led to mispronounce a
word. So obviously one 'goes' with the other to ensure we are different from
apes.
A
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