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Gravedigger Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
PHONETIC
Why don't we spell these words in this way?
elephant = elefant
enough = enouf
cat = kat
xylophone = zylophone
yacht = yat
is there any phonetic rule?
With all my respect...
GRAVEDIGGER
elephant = elefant
enough = enouf
cat = kat
xylophone = zylophone
yacht = yat
is there any phonetic rule?
With all my respect...
GRAVEDIGGER
Top answer
For that matter, why not 'fanetik'? There is no phonetic rule. English spellings are a matter of word history and historical usage.
- For that matter, why not 'fanetik'?
- There is no phonetic rule.
- English spellings are a matter of word history and historical usage.
- Fr.
- oliphant, from L.
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For that matter, why not 'fanetik'? There is no phonetic rule. English spellings are a matter of word history and historical usage.
elephant: c.1300, olyfaunt, from O.Fr. oliphant, from L. elephantus, from Gk. elephas (gen. elephantos) "elephant, ivory," probably from a non-I.E. language, likely via Phoenician (cf. Hamitic elu "elephant," source of the word for it in many
elephant: c.1300, olyfaunt, from O.Fr. oliphant, from L. elephantus, from Gk. elephas (gen. elephantos) "elephant, ivory," probably from a non-I.E. language, likely via Phoenician (cf. Hamitic elu "elephant," source of the word for it in many
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