Do you think words should be spelled exactly as they are pronounced?
I learned basic English and I hate silent letters.
Is there a language that is to the letter?
It seems most here are only familiar with western European languages.
I learned basic English and I hate silent letters.
Is there a language that is to the letter?
It seems most here are only familiar with western European languages.
Anonymous
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Spanish is very close to being consistent with its spellings and pronunciations. I have not come across any other European languages which is so simple to master from the point of view of spelling and pronunciation.
Anonymous
In my opinion yeah. I think it's kinda stupid that words like "weapons" are spelled as if they should be pronounced as "wee-pahns". Can't really complain though I guess.
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no it's fine the way they are
Don Verto
That would be nice but how many letters would you need in English.? Esperanto is spelled as you speak it.
True Spanish spelling is easy but here again fast spoken Spanish is not like it is written.
Spanish drops many letters and even syllables in fast speech.Several letters have more than one sound.
I think German and Dutch are closer in their spelling according to their spelling rules and unlike in Spanish they do not have breath groups which makes for fast speech and difficulty in understanding.
Anonymous
chat-questions are not allowed here.
Spelling ENGLISH phonetically would turn many homophones into homonyms, and that would cause a lot of confusion.
There are very phonetic languages though: Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Esperanto..