Sujet : Re: Jonathan Swift published a proposal to regulate English (22-2-1712)
De : ram (at) *nospam* zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 05. Mar 2024, 17:23:34
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Antonio Marques <
no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote or quoted:
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
(A foreign language learner learning German also has to
memorize for every word whether an S sound at the end is
spelled "s" or "ss/ß".
A foreigner only has to know the spelling and pronounce accordingly,
Yes, but when he knows the spelling he knows /a fortiori/ whether
it ends in "s", "ss", or "ß".