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English Spelling and Sound
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Sound is not constant
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deny
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many
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rat
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ratio
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linelinear
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friendfiend
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thoughrough
trialtrivial
assumepressure
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braceletchalet
bovinemachine
fuzzypizza
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doomrudewho
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shiftsugarassurerational
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redsaidbread
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Two pronunciations
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lead lead
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windwind
readread
bowbow
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Same pronunciation
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meatmeet
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fourfor
pierpeer
notknot
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roadrode
nightknight
crewscruise
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sightsitecite
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newgnuknew
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totootwo
theretheirthey’re
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Too many letters
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threatshortchum
photographseem
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boatgoose
psychiatrycrumbguarantee
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vanilla (cf: Manila)saddle (cf: ladle)witty (cf: pity)
scarred (cf: card)carry (cf: very)till (cf: until)
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...and more rarely, too few
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boxmusic
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Variation
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caughtcot
bawlball
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auntant
routerout
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merrymarryMary
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Letter Forms and Sounds
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Letter forms do not betray their phonetic values
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Similar-looking letters, very different sounds:
P, RO, QE, FI, J
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Similar sounds, very different-looking letters:
R, LC, K, QD, TI, YF, V
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Similar-looking letters, similar sounds
B, PC, GV, WS, Z
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One Measure: Strokes
One: C I J O S U
Two: D, G, L, P, Q, T, V, X
Three: A B F H K N R Y Z
Four: E M W
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Another: Verticals
B D E F H I J K L M N P R T Y
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One more? Rounded Stroke
B C D G J O P Q R S U
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English Spelling
Sources of Inconstancy
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Inconstancies1. Use of the Roman Alphabet to represent a very foreign language
2. Changes in the English sound system
3. French scribal practice
4. Different word origins
a. Germanic (Anglo-Saxon-Jute)
b. Romance (French/Latin)
c. Greek learned terms
d. Other traditions; borrowed words
5. (Somewhat) consistent representation of morphemes
6. Prescription and standardization (printing); dialects
7. Flat-out etymological errors
8. Spelling pronunciations
9. Handwriting legibility
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A Brief Summary
The Roman alphabet was in general use •among the (limited) literate population of Europe and England.
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A Brief Summary
The Roman alphabet was, with a couple of •exceptions (<q>, <x>), ideally suited to represent the phonemes of Latin.
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A Brief SummaryLatin Consonants
p, b t, d k,g
f s
m n
h
r,l
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A Brief SummaryOld English Consonants
p, b t, d k,g
f s
m n
h
r, l
χθ
w, ʍ
ʃ
t͡ʃ , d+ʒ
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A Brief SummaryME English Consonants
p, b t, d k,g
f, v s, z
m n
h
r, l
θ, ð ʃ, ʒ
j w
ŋ
t͡ʃ ,d-ʒ
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A Brief SummaryLatin Vowels
i, i: u, u:
e, e: o, o:
a, a:
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A Brief SummaryOE Vowels
i, i:, y, y: u, u:
e, e: o, o:
œ, œ: a, a:
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The French NormansAfter the invasion of England in 1066, the Normans imported their own cronies to rule the land. Among these, were the people who could read and write. They spoke French and Latin, and not English.
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The French NormansThey made use of the writing system they knew best--the Roman alphabet as it represented Latin and French.
They made limited or no use of the old English spelling system, partly because all/most of what they wrote was not in English.
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The French Normans
The spelling system of the French was •employed to represent the pronunciation of English at the time.Some sounds were spelled differently•Some sounds were unfamiliar, and had to be •spelled inventively in the Roman alphabet
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French Scribal Practice
1. OE <cw• -> /kw/ became <qu>
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French Scribal Practice
2. "Velar softening" •• <c> for /s/ before <i,e> • <g> for / ʒ / before <i.e> ( no /gi-, ge-/ in OE)
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French Scribal Practice
3. Vowel spellings•<ie> for /i:/ sound, as in 'thief', 'fiend' (but not •
• consistently: 'deed' 'heel')<ou> for /u:/ 'sound', 'pouch', 'loud'•<ui> or <u> for /y/ 'bruise', 'build'•<u> for /• U/ (short u sound)<a> or <ea> for /• œ/<oa> for short /o/•
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French Scribal Practice
4. Use of <h>•<h> (no /h/ in French), spelled usually where it would •appear in Latin <gh> for /• X/: 'light' 'through' (OE /θurX)/) OE <h>
<sh> for /• ʃ /: shine, shoes, ship OE <sc>
<th> for /• θ, ð / OE 'thorn' and 'eth'
<ch> for /• t "ʃ / OE <c> by front vowel
<dg> for /• ʒ / (OE <gg>)
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French Scribal Practice
5. <u> after <g> for hard• -g sound
guise, guess, vogue, guide, plague, guile...•(vs. genuine, gestation, germinate, gist, gin, •suggest...)
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French Scribal Practice
6. <o> for <u> (idea from Latin) •esp. before <n,m,v,w> •
• (son/sun; some/sum; love, move, prove)glow vs. how; gown vs. own; •'row' (2 pronunciations)•
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The French Normans
It was not until after the 100• -Years War 1337-1453 that English as a language was identified as THE language of "England".
This is "right before" the introduction of •printing.
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Printing (Late 1400's Onward)
Presented a need for standardization in the •face of spoken linguistic variationPrinters selected one English dialect to •represent a word "as it sounds"Reminder• : there were no dictionaries at the time--they were a few centuries away yet
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Three Main Layers of Vocabulary
Basic Germanic•
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Three Main Layers of Vocabulary
Basic Germanic•French and Latin•
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Three Main Layers of Vocabulary
Basic Germanic•French and Latin•Greek•
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3 Main Layers
woman, feminine, gynocologist•time, temporal, chronic•water, aquatic, hydrate•round, circle, sphere•eye, ocular, optics•horse, cavalry/equestrian, hippodrome•feel, sense, sympathy•
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1600's (or so...)
Since then, there has been a strongtendency in English spelling, to spellborrowed words as they would be spelled in the language the word isborrowed from.Most prominent are Greek words.
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Spelling Greeks words
<ph> for /f/ 'emphasis', 'elephant', •'telephone'
<ch> for /k/ 'choir', 'chorus', synchronic"•
<y> for /i/: 'myth', 'antonym', 'chrysalis', •'rhyme'
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Greek words
<ps> for Greek /ps/ (/s/ in English): •psychiatry, psuedonym, psoriasis<pn> for Greek /pn/ (/n/ in English): •pneumonia<nm> /nəm/ in English: nmomic•
• <-e> for /i:/: epitome, catastrophe, acme
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"Recent" French Loanwords
chamois, chaparon, chiffon, chevron, •rouge, garage, chauffeur•quiche, consommé, fiancée, beau•genre, faux pas•
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Italian
pizza, spaghetti, bocci, duet, violin, volcano•