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Thread #124660   Message #2754275
Posted By: Rapparee
28-Oct-09 - 02:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pronunciation of ph, th, sh words
Subject: RE: BS: Pronunciation of ph, th, sh words
I've never heard of the graduates of the University of Notre Dame du Lac (a/k/a "Notre Dame") being descriminated against because of PC. There are hundreds of "Notre Dame" high schools and colleges around the world -- 'twouldn't be sensible.

The problem with English is that it isn't a "pure" language -- it contains words from languages from Andalusian to Zulu. This causes spell checkers (but not decent dictionaries) to have fits and it gets worse with job-related jargon, slang, and lingua fraca.

"Just a skosh more makli, mama-san, and I'll deedee out of here" as we used to say in Korea.