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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/6 21 окт 24 10:52:38
К : Ardith Hinton 21 окт 24 10:54:01
Тема : Strange a bit
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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 17.10.2024 02:56
AK>> It remains to me only to wonder about the English language
AK>> evolution. How on earth you put a letter into the word and don`t
AK>> pronounce this letter. ;)
AH>> In some cases at least a word has been adopted from a Scandinavian
AH>> or northern European language & we`ve trimmed a few inflections
AH>> etc. :-))
AK>> In other words, in "Milne" and other similar cases you can put a
AK>> letter for no reason and which has no any sense.
AH> Hmm. I think you were on the right track when you commented that
AH> the "e" in this name may have been spoken aloud years ago.
Usually in English e, i, y tell us about specific pronunciation of
the syllable behind. For instance, "bit"/"bite", "kit"/"kite". However in
astrology every letter is important and they say can change the person`s
destiny. ;)
AH> Pronunciations in English often vary from one time & place to
AH> another... and I don`t know where this name originated. But IMHO
AH> it`s most likely the pronunciation changed & we never got around to
AH> changing the spelling. I`m told that`s what happened with
AH> e.g. "gnash" and "knife".... :-)
It would be interesting for me to learn who threw "k" first and
why others started follow him. ;-)
AK>> Very probably this tricks came from French which is far ahead in
AK>> this area.
AH> In French the phonics work differently from what we`re used to...
AH> but we often say that if your mouth is full of wine or marbles you
AH> can cope. And I get the impression the upper classes in Russia
AH> preferred French (which may have worked for them when they didn`t
AH> want the servants to get the drift) until they became disenchanted
AH> with Napoleon, then carefully reconstructed what`s now your native
AH> language. The net result from my POV is that it`s a lot younger
AH> than my native language & doesn`t include complications
AH> like "silent letters".... :-))
Yes, the French got a great impact on the Russian language, but
Russians did not accept those crazy silent letters. So Bordeaux in Russia is
just Bordo, and nobody suffers from it. ;-) I wonder when in the USA
they simplified English they could do the same. What a lot of ink they
could save! ;)
Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024
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