We had already arrived at the remarkable conclusion, that " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken. Transactions - Side 44af Inverness Gaelic Society - 1873Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Alexander John Ellis - 1848 - 196 sider
...Orthoepic Difficulties of Heteric Orthography. We had already arrived at the remarkable conclusion, that " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to...pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken." We ha*e now had abundant proof of the correctness of the assertion, that... | |
| 1852 - 436 sider
...encounter in learning both the words of the language, and their capricious spellings. When it is considered that no Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken, and that neither can he tell with certainty how to spell a word which he... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1873 - 606 sider
...is this on our system of spelling! The state of the case has been well put in the double statement that no Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which is presented to him in the ordinary orthography, unless he has heard it uttered by 31 indispensable... | |
| 1873 - 636 sider
...is this on our system of spelling ! The state of the case has been well put in the double statement that no Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which is presented to him in the ordinary orthography, unless he has heard it uttered by tambourine 31 indispensable... | |
| Isaac Pitman - 1878 - 344 sider
...as a specimen of " orthography run mad."] 19. We had already arrived at the remarkable conclusion, that " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to...pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken." , We have now had abundant proof of the correctness of the assertion, that... | |
| Plea - 1878 - 350 sider
...specimen of " orthography run mad."] 19. We had already arrived at the remarkable conclusion, trat "JVb Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken." We have now had abundant proof of the correctness of the assertion, that... | |
| Isaac Pitman - 1878 - 354 sider
...as a specimen of "orthography run mad."] 19. "We had already arrived at the remarkable conclusion, that " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which he hat only teen written, and has not heard tpoktn." "We have now had abundant proof of the correctness... | |
| 1881 - 650 sider
...and our irregularity I in using it, we cannot spell phonetically if we would. As Mr Ellis puts it " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to pronounce any word which he has only seen written, and has not heard spoken." And " No Englishman can tell with certainty how to spell a word which he... | |
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