• Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    10 个月前

    Just wanna say I didn’t downvote you.

    I get your argument, maybe we SHOULD pronounce it lahseer, sounds cool.

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 个月前

      Lahseer does sound cool, but I’m in favor of words being spelled as fonetikuhly as possible in English.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 个月前

        In order to do that, we have to clean up what each letter does first. The whole reason the gif fight started is because G and J overlap in sound values a lot. And don’t get me started on S, C, K, & Q.

        • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          10 个月前

          And O.

          But, still, there are letters that have fairly consistent pronunciations. Where possible we should try to stick with those.

          • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            10 个月前

            I’ve given up on vowels. Mercedes, Echinacea, Manoeuvre, shield, beige, just throw them around until it looks right.