Spelling and pronunciation

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "yael-pou" <yael_pou at h...> wrote:
> I always pthought that a bit of pforeign accent is exotic. :)
> 
> yael *who really dreads the moments somebody finds out how she 
pronounces 'paradigm'*

A good dictionary works wonders - well once you've worked out what 
all the little squiggly symbols mean :)) 

And of course you have to know how to pronounce the words they use to 
illustrate what the various symbols (phonemes? Or do I mean 
allophones?) are meant to sound like. Hmmm. Catch-22.

But then I suspect your English is somewhat better than my Hebrew! 
And on the subject of Hebrew, I remember somebody once telling me 
that if you make a minor change to the following in Hebrew -

	It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a 
needle ...   (Matthew)

(like changing an 'i' to a 'j' in written English) you end up with -

	It is easier for a ship's rope to go through the eye of a 
needle ...

Does that sound plausible?


W