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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat-Thread: Vol. 2

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Kenshi

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This goes the same for Korean; I think it helps to tell apart words that sound alike.
Each syllable has a different meaning and even if the words sound exactly alike, by showing the word written in Hanja, the word is set apart from others that sound the same.
And it's helpful for names. ^^
At least in Korean each Hangul character only represents one sound, so it's hard to find anything that isn't written the way you're supposed to read it. And you can catch their meanings via context. I mean, nobody thinks those "OMGWEGONNASPLITAwaYFRomUWaPAneseAgAIN" folks are doctors and surgeons when 의사 is applied in said context, no?

Bahaha... says yoooou... English is supposedly one of the oddest languages to learn because our sounds are not consistent.
I actually talk (well, rant) about that all the time. I'll bet not even 9% of all words in the English language are written the way they're pronounced. No, I'm dead serious. Spelling was a pain in the ass for me the first few months I was in the States, as well.
 

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At least in Korean each Hangul character only represents one sound, so it's hard to find anything that isn't written the way you're supposed to read it. And you can catch their meanings via context. I mean, nobody thinks those "OMGWEGONNASPLITAwaYFRomUWaPAneseAgAIN" folks are doctors and surgeons when 의사 is applied in said context, no?


I actually talk (well, rant) about that all the time. I'll bet not even 9% of all words in the English language are written the way they're pronounced. No, I'm dead serious. Spelling was a pain in the ass for me the first few months I was in the States, as well.

That's why I never listened when my teacher's said 'Sound it out then spell it!', because it didn't work! Half the time, getting the word spelled right meant doing the dumbest things with the letters and hoping for the best... then being right XD. Like silent c's bahah... Miscellaneous.
 

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Aren't there, like, 7 other silent letters? From the top of my head I can name S, K, P, N, and sometimes even D...

Yeah, the English alphabet is retarded.
 

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Portuguese does not have that problem.
In the past, you could tell how a word should be spoken by reading it.
This is not the case anymore, but you can always write it right by listening to it.
 

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Probably because you guys use accents/diacritics, while the English basically refuse to do so.
 

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I actually talk (well, rant) about that all the time. I'll bet not even 9% of all words in the English language are written the way they're pronounced. No, I'm dead serious. Spelling was a pain in the ass for me the first few months I was in the States, as well.
Imagine the kids who enter those Spelling Bee competitions...
 

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Oh yeah, that as well. (Can't believe I forgot that.)

Again, mass retardation seems to be a commodity with this language.

Oh yeah, in the subject of spelling, I sometimes forget an additional consonant or something when using longer words because my browser doesn't support spellcheck.

Blah, they need a mass clean-up of the stupidity that plagues this alphabet.
 

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I used to have issues pronouncing silent "h"s.

And my "l"s and "r"s sound the same, or so speaks my classmates...
 

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That's nice. I haven't had that problem since I was in the 4th grade, though. Having a ridiculously high IQ at prepubescence is sure as hell a good virtue.
 

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Well I've never been interested in learning any languages that don't affect me, so can't confirm that notion.
 

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When is "H" ever stressed? It's always, or most of the time, said softly.
 

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The Hindi h is a different sound than the h sound in the English words high, hat, hello, etc.
 

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SLEEEP

Night everyone. Should be around these parts tomorrow.
 
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