William "Chops" Westfield wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:11 AM, James Newton wrote:
> 
>> I'D LIKE WORDS TO BE PROUNOUNCED THE WAY THEY ARE SPELLED
> 
> The follow is apparently "author unknown":
[...]
> My advice is to give up!

Author could be any ESL student... :)

> English Is Tough Stuff (Unpredictable Pronunciation)

It is. You want a language with (almost) clear pronunciation rules, speak
Spanish or Portuguese. There is no such thing as a word that's pronounced
as it is spelled in the English language. There are a few that /seem/ to
be, but that's just to lead you the wrong way with the next word :)

Gerhard

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