Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down117
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareThe word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareBodePlotHole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoI mean, aren’t we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words? There’s a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago. It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can’t remember who it is at the moment.
I mean, aren’t we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words?
There’s a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago.
It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can’t remember who it is at the moment.
The Shavian Alphabet!
Boom. #nailedit