The word "phonetic" is not spelled phonetically.Zerlyna@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 193 points – 3 months ago40Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsI mean, aren't we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words? There's a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago. It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can't remember who it is at the moment.The Shavian Alphabet! Boom. #nailedit
I mean, aren't we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words? There's a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago. It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can't remember who it is at the moment.The Shavian Alphabet! Boom. #nailedit
I mean, aren't we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words?
There's a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago.
It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can't remember who it is at the moment.
The Shavian Alphabet!
Boom. #nailedit