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Wide-mouth Demijohn in the US
Posted by DonS on 2011-02-17 13:47:28
Barry, here you touch on German orthography, which is far more phonemic than modern-day English. Small differences like a missing umlaut or odd typo can change word meanings and pronunciations significantly, as word pronunciation in German is usually obvious when its written form is seen and understood (which is what "phonemic orthography" implies). I already gave a painfully obvious example elsewhere in this thread.
 
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                                             Wide-mouth Demijohn in the US by TreinJan on  2011-02-18 01:33:16
                                             The Umlaut in German by TreinJan on  2011-02-18 01:47:00
                                               The Umlaut in German by Barry on  2011-02-18 02:06:59
                                                 The Umlaut in German by TreinJan on  2011-02-18 03:12:43
                                                 The Umlaut in German by DonS on  2011-02-18 09:29:31
                                                 The Umlaut in German by Nick B. on  2011-02-19 02:25:54
                                                   The Umlaut in German by Barry on  2011-02-19 13:36:32
                                                   The Umlaut in German by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-02-19 14:51:12
                                                     The Umlaut in Welsh by Nick B. on  2011-02-20 04:04:49
                                                       The Umlaut in Welsh by A Harvey on  2011-02-20 13:33:27
                                                       The Umlaut in Welsh by Barry on  2011-02-21 02:47:07