Re: [tied] Rune-essay Mads Peder Nordbo

From: P&G
Message: 11875
Date: 2001-12-18

And when I ask my native English speakers how many vowel sounds are needed to speak English, they invariably answer "five"!   I think it reflects a total lack of awareness of phonetics in England.
 
Peter
You could just as well wonder why Modern English speakers are so dumb -- they have so many vowels and so few vowel letters.