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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
Morituri:
w/r/t language, yes English has more vowels than most, but I think that its complicated consonant clusters are its real challenge.
I mean, what other language has words (indeed, single syllables!) like "twelfths"? The vowel isn't the problem there for second-language speakers. The unvoiced 'th' is odd enough by itself, but you can get used to it; it's not all that peculiar. Sandwiching it between an 'L', 'F' and 'S' - that's bizarre.
The fact that its spelling and pronunciation are only casual acquaintances is a difficulty, but mostly a product of the fact that it's among the first languages where the ideas of standardized spelling and widespread literacy caught on, and the pronunciation of words has since drifted away from fixed spellings that actually made sense at the time. That 'gh' in night for example is left over from a voiced guttural (descended from German unvoiced 'ch' ) that isn't part of the language any more.
cesium133:
Long consonant clusters? Russian says "Здравствуйте" ("Zdravstvuyte").
Case:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 19 May 2016, 16:31 ---Long consonant clusters? Russian says "Здравствуйте" ("Zdravstvuyte").
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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgDNdvt2L4
Mein Herz tanzt ...
(The most beautiful consonant cluster case can re-collect)
(click to show/hide) An Experiment at answering some of the points you raised .re: 'neurotypical'. Admittedly, a bit snarky - and I hope you will indulge me here - but mayhap it works better than the four A4-page version I had typed out:
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 May 2016, 05:14 ---As someone with partial deafness, I would cringe if anyone ever used a term llike 'sensory deficit' anywhere near me.
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As someone who lives with the label "Attention Deficit Disorder", I don't rightly know what to say to that ... :mrgreen:
(Well, reminding myself that ADHD in Adulthood is pretty much the 'Saudi Prince edition Maybach' of developmental disorders comes to mind ... Even so, in Germany, 'we' had to fight for recognition of the condition we are living with until very, very recently - e.g. the meds are not that cheap ...)
Zastie:
--- Quote from: Case on 19 May 2016, 12:07 ---FWIW - That is what is referred to as "Head-can(n)on" in here, and I've seen more detailed canons, and ... much "looser cannons" than those BenRG generally puts on the upper deck. (What I was unhappy with, I've already said, and I've also said I generally enjoy Ben firing a "broadside", so YMMV)
Personally, I've found it conducive to my mental health to try and regard the speculation in here as a form of "collective emergent performance art" ... :wink:
This IS, after all, the WCDT - usually just one step removed from alt-canon (and-, if it were not for the moderation, slash-fic) - it's tempting to groan about other people's "mental mortar", while forgetting the "Howitzer weighing down on your own skull" ...
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O I know I was just messin' around.
Tova:
Hey Case, I wasn't sure whether there was meant to be a link in your spoiler?
Also, I invite you to say just what you are thinking. Snark away. :angel:
Edit: in response to your comment... the word deaf is a perfectly good one. Is there a better term for attention deficit disorder?
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