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  • What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?

    I found this video very interesting! It makes me wonder if at some point English used to actually sound like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zWWp0akUU
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    Suddenly so may accents from non native english speakers makes sense.... And it's our fault they sound like they do. Somehow that is not a surprise.

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      Found a further consideration of this topic, check out The Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss.
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        I always loved The Chaos. Hit the YT link in there to hear it all pronounced
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        • #5
          Quoth mjr View Post
          It makes me wonder if at some point English used to actually sound like this...
          Well, at one point it did indeed sound like this:
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVG77xTPH6E
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          One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world.
          The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers

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