Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoFor when you have to spell something over the phone.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1imageFor when you have to spell something over the phone.lemmy.worldRob T Firefly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhy are the other roman numerals there but C and M are not 100 and 1000? Also what is E-Idiot??
minus-squareclubb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIdiot starts with one of the sounds that E can produce. In the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), idiot is written “/ˈɪdiːət/”. If you say just the letter ‘E’, the sound you are making, in English, at least, is ‘ɪ’.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI see. Never would have got that. But I am not a native speaker and I do think the way english spelling works is utterly moronic.
minus-squareclubb@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoNeither am I, but I’ve been studying English for long enough to feel pride in understanding this insulting language.
Why are the other roman numerals there but C and M are not 100 and 1000? Also what is E-Idiot??
Idiot starts with one of the sounds that E can produce. In the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), idiot is written “/ˈɪdiːət/”. If you say just the letter ‘E’, the sound you are making, in English, at least, is ‘ɪ’.
I see. Never would have got that. But I am not a native speaker and I do think the way english spelling works is utterly moronic.
Neither am I, but I’ve been studying English for long enough to feel pride in understanding this insulting language.