03-07-2019, 05:40 PM
(03-04-2019, 08:01 AM)Ed Hurst Wrote: Pronouncing every consonant was how I learned to spell all those words English stole from other languages. I seem to recall it started with "pee-oh-plee" so I could remember how to spell "people." But I'm still a big fan of phonics.
I used to say "pee-oh-plee" too, but it didn't have anything to do with learning how to spell it. I was just kind of a weird kid.
I read an article on the strange origins of English. Old (Olde?) English (I call it Beowulf English), when you read it, looks/sounds nothing like modern English. It shouldn't even really be called English, to be honest.