tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post2260734582801259864..comments2023-10-25T04:34:31.394-07:00Comments on My Alternate Reality: English is not a phonetic languageBuddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-84645816572535511752010-09-30T12:25:48.396-07:002010-09-30T12:25:48.396-07:00well, I grew up with English watching MTV and Amer...well, I grew up with English watching MTV and American shows, so I acquired the language skills in a way instead of learning them :) <br /><br />But off course, when strangers learn English they use the pronunciation of words written in phonetic brackets in dictionaries. <br />And when it comes to vocabulary I didn't have problem with it since I learned Latin in school, Serbian also has some DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-71824575284227107712010-09-30T08:14:57.596-07:002010-09-30T08:14:57.596-07:00Dez-how on Earth did you learn our German grammar ...Dez-how on Earth did you learn our German grammar with a latin based vocabulary. Did you learn English phonetically.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-26358325722638166012010-09-30T08:13:23.638-07:002010-09-30T08:13:23.638-07:00Alex-I don't think they work, but different pe...Alex-I don't think they work, but different people learn different ways. My experience has been negative with them. Taking a phonetic foreign language made me see the problems. Having a wife that speaks a phonetic language as a primary language hammers it home.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-6658500283945990902010-09-26T10:36:44.169-07:002010-09-26T10:36:44.169-07:00this is why my native Serbian is great :) it's...this is why my native Serbian is great :) it's a phonetic language which means that everything in it is written as it is pronounced - each phoneme equals one letter. Which means you wouldn't be BUDD but BAD, Alex Cavanaugh would be ALEKS KAVANA :)DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-69771713138917460652010-09-26T07:31:23.294-07:002010-09-26T07:31:23.294-07:00I always wondered if the phonics thing really work...I always wondered if the phonics thing really worked or not.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-75405939246833763412010-09-25T17:41:20.898-07:002010-09-25T17:41:20.898-07:00I used flash cards extensively with my Japanese cl...I used flash cards extensively with my Japanese class.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18879570.post-47426892503292285562010-09-25T10:58:08.725-07:002010-09-25T10:58:08.725-07:00Flash cards are really the best for anything. When...Flash cards are really the best for anything. When I went to college I would buy these mini flash card key-chain things from time to time. The cards would help with my ancient studies and science related classes. Just a couple minutes everyday really helped.Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798572972396500327noreply@blogger.com