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[akikaki1]

you probally didn't understand the title, but read it letter by letter. Half the sounds change when reading and when next to another letter make a whole new sound. whats the point of a learning the letter 'c' ? if you pronounce ever 'c' you see as k. or ph magically becoming 'fa'. any reason for the letter x? i can of only a few words off the top of my head that even include x. whole alphabet needs to be fixed.

[Super Hans]

Tehre is nthoing worng wtih the Enlgsih alpahebt. I'ts fnie and has wroekd wlel for hundrdes of yares. Hoewvwwr, as lnog as the lsat and frist ltters are in the crorcet palce, readnig is not dfifciult bceause the barin lokos and idnetfiies tsehe ltteres and asusmes or prdeicts waht the wrod soulhd be in cnotxet.
iterensitng, heh?

[akikaki1]

Tehre is nthoing worng wtih the Enlgsih alpahebt. I'ts fnie and has wroekd wlel for hundrdes of yares. Hoewvwwr, as lnog as the lsat and frist ltters are in the crorcet palce, readnig is not dfifciult bceause the barin lokos and idnetfiies tsehe ltteres and asusmes or prdeicts waht the wrod soulhd be in cnotxet.
iterensitng, heh?

wow, I'm recommending the post. I guess we evolve from reading phonetically to reading like chinese characters.

[grandfeller]

Tehre is nthoing worng wtih the Enlgsih alpahebt. I'ts fnie and has wroekd wlel for hundrdes of yares. Hoewvwwr, as lnog as the lsat and frist ltters are in the crorcet palce, readnig is not dfifciult bceause the barin lokos and idnetfiies tsehe ltteres and asusmes or prdeicts waht the wrod soulhd be in cnotxet.
iterensitng, heh?

That principle is one of my soapbox topics for why learning Chinese is not as hard as people generally believe. Like you point out, akikaki, we don't read Enlgish phonetically (other than when first learning), we recognize character patterns.

I favor re-engineering the English writing system.

[akikaki1]

Tehre is nthoing worng wtih the Enlgsih alpahebt. I'ts fnie and has wroekd wlel for hundrdes of yares. Hoewvwwr, as lnog as the lsat and frist ltters are in the crorcet palce, readnig is not dfifciult bceause the barin lokos and idnetfiies tsehe ltteres and asusmes or prdeicts waht the wrod soulhd be in cnotxet.
iterensitng, heh?

That principle is one of my soapbox topics for why learning Chinese is not as hard as people generally believe. Like you point out, akikaki, we don't read Enlgish phonetically (other than when first learning), we recognize character patterns.

I favor re-engineering the English writing system.

Never realized any of this I'm blown away. I'm wondering if all phonetic alphabets evolve like this.

[superking]

The English language IS hard to learn to read and write, certainly harder than most European languages. Kids in the UK always have lower reading and writing ages than their European counterparts up until their teens. Some languages, like Italian, are phonetic, but then we don't bother with gender and countless verb formations. Italian easier to learn than English, because it is phonetic? Doubtful. Is it easier to show short term progress. Well, YES.

What is your native language may I ask, akikaki1? It may help to understand why you feel there is no point in learning the phonetic chart...

It is NOT clear cut that we recognize character patterns in the slightest. Neuroscience has no idea how we read, so I doubt our collective brains will solve this mystery, at least, not tonight. Universal Grammar? Explicit inaccessible rules? Something innate? Meh, nobody knows. The thing superhans showed you is a nice little phenomenon, but nobody can explain to you how it works.

[akikaki1]

The English language IS hard to learn to read and write, certainly harder than most European languages. Kids in the UK always have lower reading and writing ages than their European counterparts up until their teens. Some languages, like Italian, are phonetic, but then we don't bother with gender and countless verb formations. Italian easier to learn than English, because it is phonetic? Doubtful. Is it easier to show short term progress. Well, YES.

What is your native language may I ask, akikaki1? It may help to understand why you feel there is no point in learning the phonetic chart...

It is NOT clear cut that we recognize character patterns in the slightest. Neuroscience has no idea how we read, so I doubt our collective brains will solve this mystery, at least, not tonight. Universal Grammar? Explicit inaccessible rules? Something innate? Meh, nobody knows. The thing superhans showed you is a nice little phenomenon, but nobody can explain to you how it works.

Born and raised in Florida but I've just always noticed how werid English writing is.

[superking]

Born and raised in Florida but I've just always noticed how werid English writing is.

An ENGLISH speaker You got not business in this convo you started!

[akikaki1]

Born and raised in Florida but I've just always noticed how werid English writing is.

An ENGLISH speaker You got not business in this convo you started!

Yor rite lulz

[superking]

Born and raised in Florida but I've just always noticed how werid English writing is.

An ENGLISH speaker You got not business in this convo you started!

Yor rite lulz

NOTHING is worse than English speakers in this kind of convo. Phonetics. Allophonics. Sheet, it ain't pretty.

akikaki1, dude, start with denes and pinson, "the speech chain." That's about enough for now. That is a brilliant book. 2 dollars.