http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/ SAUNDSPEL - the phonology forum Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:51:56 GMT BDM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43932 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43932 ... Those who speak with a nonrhotic accent can also drop out the "r" and have a schwa there instead, as would be heard in British English. /sIz @z/. That Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:56:52 GMT John Cowan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43931 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43931 ... Most silent e's were once pronounced. An exception is "-ve", where the "e" is purely orthographic, because a final "v" would be misread as "u". -- Time Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:10:15 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43930 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43930 Does anyone have an alternate explanation?   http://www.spellingsociety.org/kids/index.html Why the useless -e at the end?   The main reason for most of the Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:19:04 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43929 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43929 Hi! I would like to inform the group regarding the free on-line course of Georgian: http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/DEMO/INDEX4.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:16:57 GMT Gus Hasselquist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43928 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43928 ... Y du u ly.?? I'v nevr sed dt QR hs no cnfús'bl wrds in it at ol.!! I'v sed sch wrds, wen dá du oc'r, cn úsúli b ditrmind as t swnd & ménq by contxt.. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:57:51 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43927 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43927  TIME magazine article http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832104,00.html   "In the 21st century, why learn by heart rote spelling when you can Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:19:37 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43926 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43926 http://saintsuperman.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-english/ The Nuts and Bolts of English August 18, 2008 in language, writing by Brian Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:46:14 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43925 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43925 Wales On-Line http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/08/18/tame-wayward-english-to-get-health-message-across-91466-21550860/ ? Tame wayward Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:55:37 GMT Daniel Prohaska http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43924 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43924 That's why I wrote: "I've also uploaded it into the files section." It's there under "V". Dan _____ From: David Barrow Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:35 PM Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:42:10 GMT Rollo Reid http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43923 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43923 ________________________________ From: saundspel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:saundspel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Bett Sent: 16 August 2008 16:14 To: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:10:36 GMT John Cowan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43922 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43922 ... The same is true in the U.S. -- Go, and never darken my towels again! John Cowan --Rufus T. Firefly http://ccil.org/~cowan Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:41:14 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43921 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43921   Word of the Day soo-puhr-NOO-muh-rair-ee VAL: soo-puhr-NOO-muh-rair-ee  is to hear something         not at all like the real word Try  sùper-nùm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:14:57 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43920 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43920 Webster dictionary key spelling:? sp?k, buk, cuk, cuky, huk f?d, bl?d, br?ch, wul, d?r, fl?r /?/ has 29 spellings but 86% of the words in the Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:32:26 GMT BDM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43919 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43919 ... That depends on whose broadcast speech we are trying to match. I find the term "broadcast speech" without qualification to be meaningless. For example, Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:22:32 GMT Steve Bett http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43918 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/message/43918 'MADHUKAR:  Recently Jack Bovill (chairman society) informed me that Simplified Spelling Society in UK is renamed The Spelling Society. Its main task now is