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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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to be fair tho, it should have an 'h' sound in it to show what sound it makesyou don't call 'C' curly cuh anymore, do you?
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I heard that the "haitch" pronunciation was introduced to help the thick kidsSo it is perfectly reasonable to assume that those using it were one of the thick kids.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:08,
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true but rationally haitch makes more sense than aitchthats like calling W 'ooh'
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It is all about Synthetic Phonics these days, Quento(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:13,
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It's like Mazuma.comThey recycle your old mobiles.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:18,
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You learn what letters and groups of letters sound like rather than their names.Kids learn to read much quicker.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:19,
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My daughter is learning to read this way, I believe.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:22,
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Micro shambles has been copying mini shamblesso her first phrases were "more book" "à table" and "puh puh pin"
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:17,
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It does have an 'h' sound in it.The 'h' sound used to be strongly aspirated in Germanic languages.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:13,
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yeah but it should be at the start so you know its a 'huh' soundpeople who go 'AAARGH LANGUAGE SHOULDN'T CHAGE IT SHOULD BE THE SAME IT ALWAYS WAS' they're the thickos
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You mean like A, C, F, G, I, L, M, N, Q, R, S, W, X and Y?(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:18,
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yeah A sounds like a, c has cee and cuh soundsf has an eff sound etc, so h should be proununced with a 'huh'
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What are you bibbling on about?If you want a phonetic alphabet then all those letters are named wrongly.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:26,
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You seem not to understand the difference between dispute and edification.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:32,
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you seem not to understand the difference between'pretentious arsehole using big words to sound clever' and 'guy dfeliberately winding you up'
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I don't even fit into normal hats.:(
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 12:23,
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he has a point, in what word is the letter 'z'prounounced with a 'd' on the end?
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Ownership of a language can be said to go to those with the largest number of users. Just saying.
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India predominantly uses British English.With a small number of exceptions, most second-language English is British English. Yankish is outnumbered about five to one.
Roosevelt's attempts to simplify English for the dimwits of the colonies was arguably a good idea. But he lost.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:34,
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You probably want a cup of tea.There's a whiff of "taking the internet too seriously" rising from your last few posts.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:37,
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:42,
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If that is sothen your mum's cunt must own every language on earth.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:30,
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That doesn't even make sense. I would have said something like "using that logic your mum's cunt owns the rights to the human penis".
(, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:32, Reply)
Yeah?Well, I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 10 Feb 2012, 11:41,
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