War between spelling and pronunciation!
@lookatdesktop (27156)
Dallas, Texas
July 2, 2017 9:22am CST
Words
They are spelled one way, pronounced completely different.
It's no wonder the planet is divided, what with all the language barriers. And to make it even harder for everyone who endeavors to learn a second language not only are words syntactically different from one language to the next, the spelling of a word often doesn't fit the sound you make when you say it.
For example:
PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN vs. pronunciation
SIR-KIT vs.circuit
FEE-CHER vs feature
NAY-SHUN vs nation
and so on ...
We have sentences that are simple like,
How are you doing this morning? in English, vs. ¿Cómo estás esta mañana? in Spanish.
I had eggs and toast for breakfast this monrning. in English, vs Tuve huevos y tostadas para el desayuno este monrning. , in Spanish.
What is your favorite type of music? in English, vs ¿Cuál es tu tipo de música favorita? , in Spanish.
You can see not only a difference in language but a difference in syntax.
Definition, Usage and a list of Syntax Examples in common speech and literature. Syntax is a set of rules in a language.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
2 Jul 17
English is the most difficult language to learn. Words spelled almost the same can be read or pronounced differently. For example: break, steak, bleak, and streak. The past tense of tread is trod, while the past tense of read is read (pronounced "red"). English is not my first language, but I am bilingual. My mother is a Math and English teacher therefore I grew up in a household which both speaks Tagalog (Philippines) and English.
My grandparents cannot speak English very well, but they speak Spanish and Latin. I know Spanish but not every well, just enough to understand a conversation.
Hasta La próxima vez!
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
I think English, being the universal language out of 4 major languages that the majority of humans rely on it has to be one of the easier languages for many although there must be those who find English difficult if they are just not familiar with it and have to learn it as a second language if for instance they have migrated to the United States and have to learn American English to be able to find a job and citizenship. Children seem to find it easier to learn a new second language than their adult parents who are more used to only their native language.
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
2 Jul 17
A lot of the differences in English and Spanish are due to English being primarily a Germanic language with Norman/French influence dating back to 1066, and Spanish being a romance language (rooted in Latin/Rome, not the language of love).
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
3 Jul 17
@lookatdesktop This article about proto-languages is rather interesting. I haven't had time to listen to the TED Talk, but I think you'll enjoy the article.
The Tower of Babel story is a fanciful attempt to account for a very real question: what was the first language and why are there now so many of them?
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Jul 17
@DWDavis , Thanks for the link. I will take a look at it. 
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this information. I would like to find a language time line that dates back even farther than 1066. I once had such a chart but seem to have lost it. Language had to originate from a set location and point in history and branched out into several directions dividing exponentially through the course of human civilization to now being that there are hundreds of languages.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
2 Jul 17
Ah, this upsets me more then dems and who ever those Russian traitors are. I hate grammar with a passion. Can never figure it out. Be an adjective, properly writing a sentence, screw their roles, just let me write what is on my mind. How I feel anyway. 
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
2 Jul 17
@lookatdesktop Yeah, but no paying gigs that way other than Mylot. I have the goods, but my grammar sucks. Sorry we do not want you writing for us.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Jul 17
@crossbones27 , I can be as bad as I want at grammar.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
Don't make yourself upset. Be happy and just talk and write the way you feel like. It ain't no biggy.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Jul 17
even english speakers from different english-speaking countries pronounce english words differently.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
Yes, there are very specific dialects that have their own native color when spoken even in English. For one, Jamaica English or Indian British dialect or South Africa native English with a degree of British effect.
@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
True. That is why actors who are multi-lingual are very astute in the dialect of them as well.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Jul 17
@LadyDuck, I seem to be at a loss for words...
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
2 Jul 17
i use to worry about spelling , but now as i has aged i figure "what the heck" people will know what my misspelled words are...lol
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
2 Jul 17
We often not only misspell but I am also myself, guilty of mispronouncing certain words. How you doin' ? Wazzz up? and other things. just out of habit.
