Let's not change this thread into a discussion of English. :) - Daniel
> On Oct 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Daniel Duan via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Fyi, not my idea: > https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/commit/51d93875b25ba122a6417fdc5216ee94c6e7ee9e > > <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/commit/51d93875b25ba122a6417fdc5216ee94c6e7ee9e> > > Daniel Duan > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 14, 2016, at 7:14 AM, Goffredo Marocchi <pana...@gmail.com > <mailto:pana...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Let's not promote this idea English has comprehensible and easy to refer to >> pronunciation rules ;). It needs reforming :P, but let's keep it for >> English-Evolution ;). >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 14 Oct 2016, at 13:42, Haravikk via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2016, at 07:16, Daniel Duan via swift-evolution >>>> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> 1. “honor” is mis-spelled in “weird queen’s dialect”. >>> >>> I'm sorry, but I throw an exception at this; when you say "weird queen's >>> dialect" do you mean… English? I don't go around referring to the other >>> variation as "weird can't spell dialect" (but maybe I should) 😛 >>> The u in words like honour is what makes it pronounced like "onner" rather >>> than "hone-ore", same with colour being "culler" rather than "coal-ore". >>> Sorry but it really annoys me when people consider the English version of >>> English to be the weird one, as the clue is literally in the name as to >>> which version is correct. This is why it still galls me that the language >>> in macOS is "British English" yet the other one is just "English" rather >>> than "American English" or whatever, it's a hideous double standard. >>> >>> >>> That aside, I'm a strong +1 for the feature 😉 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-evolution mailing list >>> swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org> >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >>> <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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