On 12/07/2011 09:09 AM, Warp wrote:

>    For example, how do you pronounce the word "read"? Impossible to say all
> by itself.

As well as "read" being pronounced either like "red" or like "reed", I 
also love how "reading" and "Reading" are also completely different.

>    In Finnish, at least, you know how a word is pronounced, regardless of
> context. This even in the case that you have never heard or seen that word
> before in your life, nor know what it means.

Now, see, this is how an alphabetic script is supposed to work. That's 
the whole idea. The fact that English is a random mixture of a dozen 
incompatible languages with no rhyme or reason such that it fails this 
basic definition is another matter...

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