Comments on: Opportunist orthography http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the sweating hun Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118601 Trevor ap Simon Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:53:19 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118601 Someone once told me that parrots tend to speak better Spanish than Andalusians. Someone once told me that parrots tend to speak better Spanish than Andalusians.

]]> By: Charles Butler http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118477 Charles Butler Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:07:03 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118477 All the soft consonants cause pronunciations to be acquired as if shouted from a long distance away to a hearing-impaired person. The edible mushroom that is a 'níscalo' in castellano, in the province of Jaén is known as a 'guíscano', for example. Two vowel-accompanied consonants and they got them both wrong. CB All the soft consonants cause pronunciations to be acquired as if shouted from a long distance away to a hearing-impaired person. The edible mushroom that is a ‘níscalo’ in castellano, in the province of Jaén is known as a ‘guíscano’, for example. Two vowel-accompanied consonants and they got them both wrong.

CB

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118466 Trevor ap Simon Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:26:16 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118466 Some of the variation seems to be caused by the inability to pronounce, other stuff by simply fooling around with the language. Nice post <a href="http://www.libertaddigital.com/./opiniones/opi_desa_36987.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> by Amando de Miguel mentioning the tendency of the spoken language to diverge from the written. Who was it said Spanish was simple compared to English? Some of the variation seems to be caused by the inability to pronounce, other stuff by simply fooling around with the language. Nice post here by Amando de Miguel mentioning the tendency of the spoken language to diverge from the written. Who was it said Spanish was simple compared to English?

]]> By: Charles Butler http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118415 Charles Butler Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:53:52 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118415 -- very funny that about Lepe.... Make that 'brilliant'. – very funny that about Lepe….

Make that ‘brilliant’.

]]> By: Charles Butler http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118414 Charles Butler Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:52:49 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/03/22/opportunist-orthography/#comment-118414 Hi Trevor, A little late, sorry, but very funny that about Lepe. The 'ñ' falls into some category, as does the silent 'h' in place of the latin 'f'. What was it? The Iberos couldn't pronounce it, or what? The 'll' had until very recently a pronunciation slightly distinct to that of 'y'. There may be progress on the meteorological front. CB Hi Trevor,

A little late, sorry, but very funny that about Lepe. The ‘ñ’ falls into some category, as does the silent ‘h’ in place of the latin ‘f’. What was it? The Iberos couldn’t pronounce it, or what? The ‘ll’ had until very recently a pronunciation slightly distinct to that of ‘y’.

There may be progress on the meteorological front.

CB

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