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minus-squarerautapekonilinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agoNo, the doublin makes the [e] into [i:].
minus-squareoptionallink1•2 months agoSo we should write fiid and niid then? In German, if you wanted a word that’s pronounced like the English need, you’d write nied. Anyhow, just removing the second e without replacement would not help in knowing how to pronounce the word by reading it.
minus-squarerautapekonilinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoNah, let the native speakers decide how they want to write their language. I just wanted to take a bit of a jab towards how messed up their vowels are.
No, the doublin makes the [e] into [i:].
So we should write fiid and niid then? In German, if you wanted a word that’s pronounced like the English need, you’d write nied.
Anyhow, just removing the second e without replacement would not help in knowing how to pronounce the word by reading it.
Nah, let the native speakers decide how they want to write their language. I just wanted to take a bit of a jab towards how messed up their vowels are.