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minus-squareandscape@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBold of an English speaker to accuse any other language of unpredictable spelling… Funnily, Italian is almost completely phonemic, meaning it’s trivial to both spell and read words if you know the rules. English can only dream of that.
minus-squareLogarithmicCamel@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRight. ‘Lasagna’ in particular is spelt exactly like it’s pronounced in Italian.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAs an Italian, it took me a while to understand things like spelling competitions in American movies…
Bold of an English speaker to accuse any other language of unpredictable spelling…
Funnily, Italian is almost completely phonemic, meaning it’s trivial to both spell and read words if you know the rules. English can only dream of that.
Right. ‘Lasagna’ in particular is spelt exactly like it’s pronounced in Italian.
As an Italian, it took me a while to understand things like spelling competitions in American movies…