bekYz versus bikYz stIv: TANk jM. F hAv YlwEz hAd trubel wiH intermIdiat sQndz. in mF 423.* (m-w 1993) F woz surprFzd HAt jUr korekSon woz konfermd. 'bF kYz' iz H oriJin v H word bikYz, n normali F jMz An 'i' for 'j' Az in H lAst leter v 'normali.'
however [hQevx], in kindergarden, hAviN ben tYt elementari fonetiks, it hAz bekom a lFftFm hAbit wic F aplFd t trAdiSonal speliN. wen F adresd a leter t a frend on H 4T dE v H wIk, F pronQnsd H wordz in mF mFnd Az 'frF-end' n 'wed-nes-dE.' in mF erliest cFldhUd F remember mF moHer sEiN 'bIn' n 'onvelOp', but in lEter lFf SI sed 'ben' lFk everiwun els in H mid-west. [wI livd in 'dez mqnz' Az pIpel from H kOstal sitIz pronQnsd it]. t His dE F Am unEbel t pUt a leter intM An 'en-velOp' YlHO Hat iz nQ preferd. H 423. mom gEv mI woz a /winston 1929. it jMzez An 'e' for bekYz Az wiH H 'e' in 'event.' in rFtiN His britiS Alfabet F sE H word Az F normali wUd n Hen rFt it HAt wE. for mI 'bekYz' iz nAcural; bikYz iz les sO. mF spIc iz not YlwEz wot oHerz prefer. wen F first went t /new jOrk pIpel Askd abQt mF Aksent n wEr F kEm from. F tOld Hem F kEm from /FOwY, H mOst literat stEt in H jMnion- -pIpal Her dM not hAv Aksents! [eksept mF grAndfoHer hM kEm from /Jermani.] in kIbordiN [tFpiN] His Alfabet F fFnali desFded t jMz Onli H 40 leterz sins W, R,P,D,X,C, n V, rekwFr dubel strOkz [kApitalz]. His lIvz H rOmAn leter trAnskripSon mor rIdabel Az wel. *Az a lFbrEriAn F Am semi-flMent [abQt a 1,000 topik vokabjMlari] in /dewi desimal nMmerikal lANgwAJ. (423. iz sO muc Izier t rFt HAn 'enNgliS lANgwAJ dikSonari.') ____________________________ 816. 8stIv el dI ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/7zgKlB/dnQLAA/Zx0JAA/mx3olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shavian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
